IMF and World Bank withdraw staff from Iraq

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund informed the US Treasury they are pulling their staff out of Iraq on following the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund informed the US Treasury they are pulling their staff out of Iraq on following the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

"It's disappointing considering that all international organisations should be strengthening their resolve to fight terror after this bombing," a US official said.

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