United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday criticized the US for failing to secure the UN headquarters in Baghdad which was bombed on Tuesday killing at least 23.

Annan said, “The occupying power is responsible for law and order and the security of the country.”

Annan went on to say “We had hoped that by now the coalition forces would have secured the environment for us to be able to carry on the essential work of political and economic reconstruction, institution-building and for Iraqis to carry on with their work. That has not happened.”

Meanwhile the US said it was up to the UN to provide their own security.

In other news related to the UN bombing, the World Bank has pulled its staff out of Iraq and has suspended plans to open an office in Baghdad.

The U.S. is also planning to now ask the United Nations Security Council that will urge other nations to provide troops to the occupation effort without diluting the power the U.S. in Iraq

One diplomat told the Washington Post, “My reading is that people in Washington have a wish list and they are saying, ’Here is a chance to get everything we wanted.”