[A. Pole]

Washington insisted was a mistake by Central Intelligence Agency (news - web sites) target planners using an outdated map.

Before embassy was built there, it was an empty lot. Why would the "planners" target it? Curious minds want to know.

[concerned about politics]

Before embassy was built there, it was an empty lot. Why would the "planners" target it? Curious minds want to know.

I remember reading somewhere, before I joined FR, that there was a Chinese man in the building at the time that had links to Loral and China gate? Something to do with China and Clinton .

I don't suppose anyone has a list of those people who were in the building?

[El Sordo]

I have no idea whether or not this is true, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the Chinese bought the pieces/parts of the F-117 that was shot down. They then proceeded to move them to their embassy which we in turn bombed in an attempt to prevent them from carting the F-117 remenants back to China.

Never did find anything to back that up though.

[aristeides]

That the bombing of the embassy was due to an outdated map was a transparent lie. The German government, through a leak to the Frankfurter Allgemeine just before a visit Schroeder was to make to Peking, made that clear at the time.

What was outrageous was that the U.S. media insisted at the time on repeating this transparent lie that could only fool an idiot.