Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the United States to hand over governance of Iraq to the United Nations following the bomb blast at the UN office in Baghdad.

The veteran Southeast Asian leader, in remarks published today, condemned the bomb attack which has killed at least 24 people and said he was puzzled at why it was aimed at the world body.

"I don't understand why such attacks are aimed at the UN. The world body has done nothing wrong," he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times .