At least 29 people have died in Iraq over the past three days in a series of bombings and two senior Iraqi officials were assassinated. This morning a bomb exploded on one of Baghdad’s busiest streets during rush hour killing up to 13 including up to five foreign contractors including workers from the U.S., Britain and France. Dozens of people were injured. After the attack, a group of Iraqis gathered at the site to denounce the US occupation . A second car bombing today killed four southeast of Baghdad. Yesterday, 12 died when a car exploded near a U.S. garrison in Iraq. Meanwhile on Saturday one of Iraq’s most senior diplomats, Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam Kubba was assassinated as he left his house. On Sunday a senior Education ministry official was also killed.