BRITISH EMBASSY IN THE CROSSHAIRS?

Diplomats and staff at Britain's embassy in Baghdad have evacuated the building after a "credible threat" of attack.

A Foreign Office Spokesman in London on Saturday said the staff were moved from the building on Wednesday, a day after the devastating truck bombing at the United Nation's Baghdad headquarters, which killed 24 people and wounded scores more.

"The embassy staff were moved to the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters after information of a credible threat of attack," the spokesman said.

"I have no more information about the threat...There are no immediate plans to return the staff to the embassy," he added.