Both NATO and American officials said the embassy became a target after a string of errors involving out-of-date maps and an incomplete computer data bases.

On April 30, Oudinot's out-of-date maps led him to march to a gate that had been walled up some time before.

As a result, thousands of drivers follow out-of-date maps, and local residents end up with inappropriate traffic on their doorsteps.

In the dead man's pocket was a copy of a very old, out-of-date map.

Never depend on an out-of-date map.

When Giles heard about the out-of-date map in the dead man's pocket, he was very excited.

The tourist office (01789 264293; www.discover-stratford.com) is now located in the town centre - don't be misled by the out-of-date maps.

Now Alucius was already a good fifteen vingts west-southwest of Soulend, trusting to an out-of-date map and his own Talent-senses.

This ought to be the place," Splock said, frowning, his ears twitching, "Unless this is an out-of-date map.

One possibility, they said, is that intelligence officials used out-of-date maps, although the site of the embassy building was well known in the Yugoslav capital.