<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>US soldier gets 18 years for Iraq murder : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>US soldier gets 18 years for Iraq murder : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[US soldier gets 18 years for Iraq murder]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8919/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A US soldier has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering three detainees during a raid on a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Iraq last year.]]></description></item><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/8919/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (2)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/8919-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/8919-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/8919-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (2)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/8919/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><item><title><![CDATA[iceburg @ 1/12/2007 12:09:32 PM]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8919/1/rss0_91.rss#q3</link><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/8919/1/#2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>LatueOfStiberty</b> : I never really understood it, what seperates a murdering in battle, and something like this?</i></div>The difference is that in battle, someone is presumably shooting back at you.  In this case, the detainees were already in custody and did not pose a threat.  As I understand it, a killing is only considdered murder if it is caused by emotion or premeditation rather than circumstantial necessity.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[LatueOfStiberty @ 1/11/2007 11:12:30 PM]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8919/1/rss0_91.rss#q2</link><description><![CDATA[I never really understood it, what seperates a murdering in battle, and something like this?<br/><BR>Maybe im just naive.]]></description></item></channel></rss>