A day after 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in an ambush by alleged Kurdish guerrillas near the border with Iraq's Kurdish region, the Turkish government rushed troops to the border area and the government in Ankara came under intense pressure to move forces into the Kurdish portion of Iraq.
The Associated Press reports that many Turks believe the semiautonomous Kurdish government in Iraq is providing safe-haven to a Kurdish movement violently seeking independence from Turkey.
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