WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

·  8 U.S. Troops Die in Afghan Copter Crash - The CH-47 Chinook helicopter was carrying 22 U.S. service members under overcast skies when there was a "sudden, unexplained loss of power and control and crashed," U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. David Accetta said.

·  2 Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 56, Injure 127 - The U.S. military reported the deaths of two American soldiers, one of them in Baghdad who was killed when an insurgent hurled a grenade at his vehicle.

·  Iraq's death toll is far worse than our leaders admit - The government in Iraq claimed last month that since the 2003 invasion between 40,000 and 50,000 violent deaths have occurred. Few have pointed out the absurdity of this statement. There are three ways we know it is a gross underestimate.

·  Ex-envoy says Iraq rebuilding plan won't work - Now she is back home, angry, and convinced that President George W. Bush's new strategy of doubling the number of such groups to 20 along with a troop surge of 21,500 will not help stabilize Iraq.

·  U.S. move means Canada stuck in Afghanistan - George W. Bush has breathed new life into the Afghan war. With his decision to send 3,500 more U.S. troops to that country, he has also made it more difficult for Canada to get out.

·  Taliban deploy 10,000 fighters for attack: commander - "As the weather becomes warm and leaves turn green, we will unleash bloody attacks on the U.S.-led foreign troops," Rahim told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location.

·  At the morgue - On this side; complete bodies; on that side halves; and EVERYWHERE body parts.

·  Revealed: IRA bombs killed eight British soldiers in Iraq - Terror devices used by the IRA in a vicious murder campaign in Ulster blew up British servicemen as the world blamed Iran

·  Six U.S. soldiers die in Iraq - The deaths raise to at least 3,132 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

·  One in ten Iraqis could be internally displaced by year-end: IOM - The agency said Friday a further one million people in Iraq could be forced to leave their homes by the year's end, on top of the 1.4 million already displaced in the violence-wracked country before 2006.

·  Auditors: Billions Squandered in Iraq - About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday that significantly more taxpayer money is at risk.

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

·  Cheney son-in-law used revolving door to stop chemical security regulations - The son-in-law of Vice President Dick Cheney, Philip Perry, has entered and exited the Bush administration twice, and in the process helped shield the chemical industry from upgraded security measures in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, according to an article in the March edition of the Washington Monthly.

·  Cheney's Call - The vice president's actions in 2002 helped set events in motion that led to the prosecution of Scooter Libby, his own chief of staff.

·  Bernstein: Bush administration's disinformation, misinformation 'something I have never witnessed before on this scale' - "The Bush administration," Bernstein continues, "is a far different matter in which disinformation, misinformation and unwillingness to tell the truth -- a willingness to lie both in the Oval Office, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, in the office of the vice president, the vice president himself -- is something that I have never witnessed before on this scale."

·  Unhinged and unfit for office - It’s time to start talking seriously about the imminent and immediate danger that President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other prominent members of this administration pose to the future of this country, as well as the already-disastrous Middle East.

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy

·  Industry stumbles, jobless ranks rise - Industrial output fell in January while the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits jumped sharply last week, according to a flurry of reports that raised doubts about the economy's health.

·  Consumer sentiment takes surprising dip - U.S. consumer sentiment slipped unexpectedly in February, as concerns over unemployment and inflation led to a retreat from January's rise to a two-year high, a survey showed Friday.

·  Housing starts plunge, near a 10-year low - Pace of building new homes down 37.8% on year-over-year basis

·  Foreclosures rip neighborhoods - Foreclosures in Denver since 2003 will log a fivefold increase by the end of the year, a trend that is tearing apart neighborhoods throughout the city.
TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy!

·  Hershey Plans to Cut Work Force by 1,500 - The Hershey Co., whose name has been synonymous with U.S. candymaking for more than a century, is moving a bigger chunk of its production to Mexico.

9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

·  Two versions of 9/11: The Conspiracy Files? - Word is reaching us that the BBC is in a quandary over which version of 9/11: The Conspiracy Files will be put out to air on Sunday evening. The dilemma is apparently due to there being two versions of Mike Rodin & Guy Smith’s documentary. One version is a well-balanced piece of investigative journalism, whereas the alternative version is a hit-piece, intent on portraying 9/11 Truth Campaigners as nothing more than a lunatic fringe group.

CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress

·  Senate Rejects Renewed Effort to Debate Iraq - The 56-to-34 vote in a rare Saturday session was the second time Republicans were able to deny opponents of the troop increase a debate on a resolution challenging Mr. Bush, and it came just a day after the House formally opposed his plan to increase the military presence in Iraq.

·  Group Claims Coburn Broke Election Law - A watchdog group filed complaints Friday alleging Sen. Tom Coburn's campaign broke election law by failing to properly identify some donors before the 2004 election.

·  House passes resolution rebuking the president on Iraq - The vote on the nonbinding measure was 246-182.
TVNL Comment: The most emphatic attempt at doing nothing in Congressional history. They voted for the purpose of voting.

·  Republicans Block Bill on U.S. Attorneys - Senate Republicans blocked a bill Thursday that would curb the Justice Department's power to fire and replace federal prosecutors.

·  In Congress, Opposing the War but Doing Nothing to Stop It - This resolution, unfortunately, does not address the disaster in Iraq. Instead, it seeks to appear opposed to the war while at the same time offering no change of the status quo in Iraq.

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

·  Contractor gets 46 months for Iraq bribery - A U.S. businessman whose companies made more than $8 million in Iraq reconstruction money through a gifts-for-contracts scheme was sentenced Friday to 46 months in prison.

·  Texas Officials Accused of Manipulation - In two Houston-area elections last year, school officials are accused of blatantly trying to manipulate polling locations to get the outcome they wanted.

·  Princeton Professor Finds No Hardware Security In E-Voting Machine - A professor says there was nothing in the five Sequoia AVC Advantage machines that would stop him from reaching the read-only memory chips that hold the program instructions for counting votes.

·  New abortion ban gets House approval - HB1293 would ban most abortions except those done in cases of rape, incest, to keep a woman from being irreparably damaged by pregnancy or to save a woman's life.

·  Neo-Nazi rally was organized by FBI informant - A paid FBI informant was the man behind a neo-Nazi march through the streets of Parramore that stirred up anxiety in Orlando's black community and fears of racial unrest that triggered a major police mobilization.

·  Judge Restricts New York Police Surveillance - In a rebuke of a surveillance practice greatly expanded by the New York Police Department after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal judge ruled today that the police must stop the routine videotaping of people at public gatherings unless there was an indication that unlawful activity may occur.

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

·   CONSEQUENCES OF A RISING BAY - GLOBAL WARMING: New set of maps reveals how melting polar ice could change shoreline and carry a high price for entire region

·  Gulf states eye oil windfall - Environmental projects may fall by wayside - The Gulf Coast oil drilling expansion President Bush signed into law last year contained a strong environmental sweetener that helped push it through Congress.

·  Politicians sign new climate pact - The two-day meeting brought together legislators from countries including the Group of Eight rich nations, plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

·  U.S. base with vital role in drug war facing closure - As anti-U.S. sentiment grows stronger in Ecuador, a small U.S. coastal base crucial to the drug war faces near-certain closure.

·  Russian-U.S. ties hit new low - For all the talk of strategic partnership and even personal friendship between Putin and President George W. Bush, the relationship between Russia and the United States has reached its lowest point since the Soviet Union collapsed a decade and a half ago.
TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.

·  Italians march in US base protest - Tens of thousands of people have marched in the north-eastern Italian city of Vicenza against a planned extension of the US army base there.
TVNL Comment: Governments all over the world continue to ignore the will of the people. The people are peaceful and the governments insist on war. The people should go to war with the governments and stop this once and for all.

·  NKorea on "war footing" over US attacks - North Korea has said it will maintain its war mobilisation posture against feared US attacks, despite this week's deal aimed at dismantling its nuclear weapons programmes.

·  Bush Uses Clinton's Approach to Secure Korean Accord - Bush, in his January 2003 State of the Union address, criticized the Clinton-negotiated Agreed Framework, saying Kim Jong Il's government all along ``was deceiving the world'' and developing nuclear weapons. Bush abandoned the deal in 2002 after North Korea admitted it had violated the accord, which offered energy aid for an end to the nuclear effort.

·  31 to Stand Trial in CIA Kidnapping Case - An Italian judge on Friday indicted 26 Americans and five Italians in the first criminal trial over the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.

·  Gulf States Plan Weapons Buying Binge - Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks, officials say.
TVNL Comment: Can you hear the cheers of the war profiteers who started the Iraq War? Another mission accomplished!

MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

· Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility - The common perception of Walter Reed is of a surgical hospital that shines as the crown jewel of military medicine. But 5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely -- a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients.

·  THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SHORTCHANGES OUR NATION'S VETERANS - The President's budget once again calls on veterans to pay more out of their own pockets for health care, underestimates the needs of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and under funds key research, training, and management programs necessary to provide efficient and quality service to veterans.

·  Marine to serve 8 years in killing of Iraqi - Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Pennington was sentenced to 14 years' confinement but will serve no more than eight under a plea agreement, Marine spokesman Sean Gibson told CNN.

·  Marine Apologizes in Iraq Criminal Case - A Marine who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy apologized Friday to his country, the Marine Corps and the family of an Iraqi man his squad killed.

·  Pentagon adds extra 1,000 troops to 'surge' on same day House expresses disapproval - The Pentagon statement was released late in the afternoon on Friday, as the House of Representatives debated a non-binding resolution disapproving of President Bush's troop increase in Iraq today.

·  Iraq Troop Boost Erodes Readiness, General Says - Outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said yesterday that the increase of 17,500 Army combat troops in Iraq represents only the "tip of the iceberg" and will potentially require thousands of additional support troops and trainers, as well as equipment -- further eroding the Army's readiness to respond to other world contingencies.

·  Marines to Buy Tougher Armored Vehicles for Iraq - The Marine Corps hopes to replace all its 3,700 Humvees in Iraq, but it will take until 2009 and will cost $3.7 billion, since each vehicle costs $900,000.

·  Air Force strips Playboy poser of status - An Air Force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she and the Air Force said Wednesday.
TVNL Comment: But she would kill Arabs to protect out freedom, while her own Air Force tells her that she is not free to do what she wants with her own body!

EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial

·   “America” is “the Enemy!” - So America proceeds to obliterate a nation, kill untold numbers of civilians, establish a security free zone where generational tensions were able to flourish into a full blown civil war, destroy hospitals, electrical plants, water treatment facilities, create a refugee nightmare, and let’s not forget place billions of dollars into the black hole of “government contractors” (Cheney friends) and perhaps into the hands of the so called insurgents themselves…and we call THEM the enemy

·  Abolish The Federal Reserve - The Constitution does not give Congress the authority to delegate control over monetary policy to a central bank. Furthermore, the Constitution certainly does not empower the federal government to erode the American standard of living via an inflationary monetary policy.

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

·  FCC meeting to focus on media consolidation - The commission is reconsidering all its rules as part of a quadrennial review required by Congress, but what has sparked the most interest is its look at its media ownership rules, including the limits on the number of television and radio stations a firm can own in one area and the prohibition on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership.

·  Wolf Blitzer former AIPAC employee promoting Zionism. - TVNL Comment: And this guy is a journalist? He is as bias as they come.

·  'Wash Times' Columnist Uses Fabricated Abraham Lincoln Quote - The drive by some political and military figures -- and pundits -- to paint those who oppose the war in Iraq as traitors or at least not supporting the troops has hit another low, with a Washington Times columnist trumpeting an incendiary quote from Abraham Lincoln shown to be a fabrication last year.

·  Al Neuharth: Bush Is Worst President of All-Time - Al Neuharth, the former Gannett chief, USA Today founder and currently weekly columnist for that newspaper, has had a change of heart.

·  NYT Breaks Own Anonymity Rules - Paper pushes Iran threat with one-sided array of unnamed officials

·  This man will buy anything Bush is selling - Michael Gordon of the New York Times spreads anti-Iranian hype

HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

·  Doctors and Drug Makers: A Move to End Cozy Ties - With a $6 million grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the organizations plan a national campaign calling for restrictions on the interactions between doctors and drug companies, and urging doctors to base their prescription writing more on medical evidence than on marketing.

·  Fake drug, fake illness -- and people believe it! - The parody is in response to the tactics used by the drug industry to sell their wares to the public.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

·  Jailed 2 Years, Iraqi Tells of Abuse by Americans - Through it all, Mr. Ani was never actually charged with a crime; he said he was questioned only once during his more than two years at the camp.

·  U.S. rejects investigator's Guantanamo visit request - A European investigator probing alleged CIA abuses of detainees said on Friday the United States has refused his request to visit the controversial U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to talk to inmates.

·  Europe's terror chief in human rights warning - Europe's security services should be subject to greater democratic control to prevent future human rights abuses, the European Union's departing anti-terrorism co-ordinator said on Friday.

·  Sudan blocks UN rights team from entering Darfur - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed disappointment Thursday that Sudan's president reneged on a promise to allow a United Nations human rights team to visit Darfur to assess alleged atrocities.

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

·  Did Bush have financial linkswith the scandal-plagued Enron? - It has now come out that US President George W. Bush once had a financial relationship with Enron, the failed energy giant that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2001 and contributed millions of dollars to Bush’s gubernatorial and presidential election campaigns.