Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ANKARA1190
2007-05-17 14:43:00
SECRET
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL
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S E C R E T ANKARA 001190
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2022
TAGS: PGOV PTER MOPS PREL IZ TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL
END MAY 18
REF: A. ANKARA 1179
B. IIR 6 898 0266 07
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b,d)
S E C R E T ANKARA 001190
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2022
TAGS: PGOV PTER MOPS PREL IZ TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL
END MAY 18
REF: A. ANKARA 1179
B. IIR 6 898 0266 07
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (S) Turkish General Staff J-2 (Intelligence) LTGEN Guner
told us May 17 that the Turkish military believes the PKK
will end its self-declared ceasefire on May 18 and it has
ordered its terrorist cadres to commence attacks on Turkish
soil. Guner claimed the TGS has information that the PKK has
ordered its units to blame large attacks with civilian
casualties on the Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a PKK
splinter group, in order to deflect responsibility from the
PKK.
2. (S) Guner added that a mass casualty attack or a series of
smaller attacks with significant casualties will increase
public pressure on the government and military to conduct a
cross border operation (CBO) to interdict PKK fighters and
destroy their bases in northern Iraq. He added that, if the
Turkish parliament is not in session when the need for a CBO
becomes urgent, the Prime Minister could authorize the
operation and seek parliamentary approval at a later date.
3. (S) Comment. The TGS may have gotten some information from
jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's May 16 meeting with his
lawyers, through whom Ocalan is reported to pass messages to
the PKK in the field. End Comment.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2022
TAGS: PGOV PTER MOPS PREL IZ TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL
END MAY 18
REF: A. ANKARA 1179
B. IIR 6 898 0266 07
Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (S) Turkish General Staff J-2 (Intelligence) LTGEN Guner
told us May 17 that the Turkish military believes the PKK
will end its self-declared ceasefire on May 18 and it has
ordered its terrorist cadres to commence attacks on Turkish
soil. Guner claimed the TGS has information that the PKK has
ordered its units to blame large attacks with civilian
casualties on the Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a PKK
splinter group, in order to deflect responsibility from the
PKK.
2. (S) Guner added that a mass casualty attack or a series of
smaller attacks with significant casualties will increase
public pressure on the government and military to conduct a
cross border operation (CBO) to interdict PKK fighters and
destroy their bases in northern Iraq. He added that, if the
Turkish parliament is not in session when the need for a CBO
becomes urgent, the Prime Minister could authorize the
operation and seek parliamentary approval at a later date.
3. (S) Comment. The TGS may have gotten some information from
jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's May 16 meeting with his
lawyers, through whom Ocalan is reported to pass messages to
the PKK in the field. End Comment.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON