I understand that, and I was going with those parameters. I was saying the "Nobility" claim is invalid because the intent of the killers was not to "get even" with Christians. They killed people that were in their sights. They were selfish pricks simply trying to make a name for themselves by going out in a blaze of glory.

They were not fighting war, they were not enemy soldiers and the girls were not in a "battle" against them. They were victims of a horrible crime that had nothing to do with their Christianity.