1. American officials traveled to Beijing last week to explain that an outdated map and a bureaucratic chain of errors failed to catch the misidentification of the building. 2. As a result, the pilots had to use outdated Russian maps during the early stages of the war last fall. 3. By all description, it seemed like a ship of fools, hobbled by overconfidence and outdated maps. 4. However, despite outdated map readings to the contrary, turnip trucks no longer take the scenic route past the Sports Arena. 5. NATO officials have pointed the finger at the CIA, whose analysts may have used murky reconnaissance photographs or outdated maps. 6. The bombing apparently grew out of mundane mistakes, like outdated maps, transposed street addresses and breakdowns in the bureaucratic communications. 7. The mistake, made because intelligence officials used an outdated map, sparked four days of rock-throwing protests outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in orchestrated demonstrations. 8. U.S. officials subsequently said that the bombing was an unfortunate accident resulting from the use of outdated maps an incorrect intelligence information, but China has rejected this explanation. 9. Washington insists that a combination of unlikely errors and outdated maps caused the bombing. 10. NATO admitted using outdated maps. |