21.   Israeli authorities had broken up an underground ring on the West Bank late last year, possibly thwarting an earlier assassination attempt against Rabin.

22.   It was punctuated in the middle by a coup attempt against Gingrich.

23.   Last week Toledo went so far as to predict that an assassination attempt against him was imminent.

24.   Miraculously, the Chiefs survived those suicide attempts against the Giants and the Raiders with overtime victories.

25.   No one expected the botched Israeli assassination attempt against a Hamas leader in Jordan to help revitalize peace talks with the Palestinians.

26.   Over the weekend closer Scott Radinsky blew two save attempts against the Cincinnati Reds.

27.   Part of the reason was that the Republicans desperately needed to show some unity after the failed coup attempt against House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

28.   Police said the attack was an assassination attempt against Aznar by the Basque Homeland and Freedom group, known as ETA, its initials in the Basque language.

29.   Police fear another possible assassination attempt against President Suleyman Demirel, who as president of the host country is conference president.

30.   Raduyev has also claimed that he was behind an assassination attempt against President Eduard Shevardnadze of neighboring Georgia.