And today it is announced that the UN is pulling out a substantial number of it's workers from Iraq for the obvious security reasons (as in there isn't any). This followed the announcement that the World Bank and the IMF is leaving Iraq, due to security concerns.

And Secretary of State Colin Powell is due to meet with Kofi Annan when he returns to New York, to discuss "the security situation" in Iraq, and a possible new UN resolution authorizing UN military assistance and support (ie UN troops) for the US/UK coalition forces. It appears the Bush administration's hand is being forced by the latest terrorist bombings in the Middle East that have, once again, plunged the region into violent chaos.