| Dutch prosecutors said on Friday they suspected the two men arrested in a dramatic raid in The Hague were plotting murder and a newspaper reported that one of them wrote he was ready for a martyrs' death. The two men, Dutch nationals aged 19 and 22, were arrested after a 14-hour standoff with police in which the suspects threw a grenade, wounding four officers. Dutch media reported that the 19-year-old was Jason W., the son of a Dutch woman and a US soldier, who converted to Islam five years ago. De Telegraaf daily said he had left a note suggesting he was ready to die for "jihad" or holy war. Dutch Interior Minister Johan Remkes told parliament in a debate on Thursday evening that Wednesday's raid in The Hague, along with others in Amsterdam and Amersfoort in which another five people were arrested, had foiled a new attack. |