US Troops "to stay indefinitely"

THE HAGUE-- American troops currently controlling large parts of The Hague have issued a curfew after bloody attack on a command post at the Lange Voorhout. U.S. President Bush said "The Dutch needed a lesson and we've come to teach it."

Bush vowed that troops would stay as long as Holland poses a threat to America's interests. At a special staff meeting, the President was quoted saying: "We have reason to suspect that enemy cells are active in The Netherlands. Today's brutal attack only reinforces our will to do the right thing and smoke 'm out of their holes."

United States forces have since started shelling the city center where most terrorists are expected to be held up. Locals report major damage to the governmental centre, The Binnenhof. The seat of parliament is on fire, with thick black smoke billowing over The Hague.

The attack in the early hours of wednesday left dead three US troops and five resistance terrorists, who have since been linked to the Al Q'aeda network. The Pentagon issued a statement denying 'trigger happy' soldiers were the cause of wednesdays massacre. Many of the terrorists killed were apparantly schoolchildren.

Incursions into The Netherlands were made possible by a special law passed in october 2002. This so called American Servicemembers' Protection Act has been met with fierce opposition both abroad and at home.

However, America has always defended, and finally made good on it's threat to enter The Netherlands' territory, when US troops were forced to stand trial at the International Court, following an incident involving a US marine and a Barry Manilow compilation album.