Al Qaeda Fighters: 'Ravenous Alligators'.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse

Asked by a reporter whether U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan only encouraged more retaliatory fighting from Taliban and Al Qaeda warriors, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld seemed puzzled by the question.

The Taliban fighters don't play by the conventional rules of war, Rumsfeld said. "It's kind of like feeding an...