SIRNAK, Turkey — Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish military convoy on Sunday less than three miles from the Iraqi border, killing 12 soldiers in the face of growing threats by Turkey to cross the rugged frontier and root out the guerrillas.
Turkey shelled the border region in response to the attack, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani - himself a Kurd - ordered the rebels to lay down their arms or leave Iraq. Turkey dismissed his call, saying the time had come for action.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, the U.S. military said its forces killed an estimated 49 militants during a dawn raid to capture an Iranian-linked militia chief in Baghdad's Sadr City enclave, one of the highest tolls for a single operation since President Bush declared an end to active combat in 2003.
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