More foreign-policy crises loom for U.S.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: Washington PULSE

If the U.S. government needs a truly compelling reason to aggressively tackle the AIDS crisis in Africa, now it has one: Al Qaeda leaders are considering recruiting suicide bombers among the terminally ill, who would have nothing to lose, said Rear Adm. Chris Parry, director of joint doctrine and concepts at the U.K. Ministry of Defense. "They have AIDS and they are going to die anyway," he said. "It's a huge problem." An AIDS crisis also is brewing in Russia. A combination of AIDS, terrorism and economic doldrums has turned that country into a hopeless "basket...