ANKARA, October 24, SPA -- Turkish troops have shelledsuspected Kurdish rebel positions across the border inIraq, a government official said Wednesday. Turkish artillery units have been shelling rebel positionsas recently as Tuesday night in northern Iraq after a rebelambush Sunday that killed 12 soldiers near the border, agovernment official said. He did not say which areas were targeted and refused to give further information, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/493042