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12 Turkish troops killed in rebel attack By VOLKAN SARISAKAL, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago Kurdish rebels ambushed a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq early Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and increasing pressure on the Turkish government to stage attacks against guerrilla camps in Iraq. Iraq's president, a Kurd, ordered Kurdish guerrillas to lay down their weapons or leave, but Turkey's deputy prime minister said words were no longer enough: "We are expecting concrete steps from them." The soldiers died when rebels blew up a bridge as a 12-vehicle military convoy was crossing it, less than three miles...