A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers in north-east Iraq today, and six people were wounded in attacks by insurgents on four of Baghdad’s 1,200polling stations during the country’s constitutional referendum, police said.

The US military today confirmed it fired five cruise missiles at the base of a group it says was linked to al-Qaida in the mountains of north-east Iraq.

The US military has fired five missiles at the base of a group linked to al-Qaida in the mountains of north-east Iraq.