11.   Just days before Cochetel was set free, four westerners were beheaded by their kidnappers apparently because of a botched rescue plan.

12.   Still, it unleashed a torrent of sorrow in former hostage Laurence Whitehouse, who lost his wife this week in a botched rescue attempt.

13.   The arrest occurred soon after four tourists, including three Britons, who were kidnapped by Islamic militants were killed during a botched rescue attempt by Yemeni security forces.

14.   The presumed death of the leader follows a botched rescue attempt earlier this month to free three hostages the group held, including two American missionaries.

15.   The relatives blame Germany for a botched rescue attempt during which nine more Israeli athletes were killed, as well as five terrorists and a German policeman.

16.   Their decapitated heads were found at a roadside on Tuesday, and officials speculate they were killed after a botched rescue attempt.

17.   Wachsman and the militants were killed during a botched rescue attempt by Israel days after his capture.

18.   Eleven athletes and four Black September guerrillas were killed in a botched rescue attempt by German police at Munich airport.

19.   The priest, Giuseppe Pierantoni, was freed in April while two of the Chinese were killed in a botched rescue attempt.

20.   The same day, an Israeli hostage and a soldier were killed in a botched rescue opation.