Kurdish rebels kill at least 12 Turkish soldiers , Kurdish government says . `` The Turkish military , with its mightiness , could not annihilate them or arrest them , so how could we arrest them and hand them to Turkey ? '' Turkish forces respond by killing at least 12 the Kurdistan Workers Party rebels , government says . Fighting taking place inside Turkey near border with U.S. and Iraq . NEW : Turkey holds emergency cabinet meeting ; U.S. urges restraint .
Kurdish rebels kill at least 12 Turkish soldiers , Kurdish government says . Turkish forces respond by killing at least 12 the Kurdistan Workers Party rebels , government says . Fighting taking place inside Turkey near border with U.S. and Iraq . NEW : Turkey holds emergency cabinet meeting ; U.S. urges restraint .