These soldiers were not killed in retaliation for that still alleged rape.
The soldiers were murdered before the alleged rape was publicized, and the captors sent out initial reports on why the murders took place, and there was no mention of any rape.
These cretins don't care that she was raped. They kill and blow up civilians everyday. They are a bunch of two faced hypocrites.
Bingo. Retaliation for that alleged rape is the fig leaf to curry favor with the MSM. And it's working! Nobody seems to check the dates, and some in the MSM will nod and say, well, that's what the US deserves. Wolf Blitzer and company (after solemnly telling viewers that the images they're about to show are gruesome and upsetting,) will breathlessly blame Bush for allowing US soldiers to run loose in Iraq, brutalizing the citizenry at will. If they can blame this on Rumsfeld and demand his resignation, they will.