Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ANKARA340
2009-03-05 11:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000340
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 267 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000340
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 267 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
1. (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK
violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff
(TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as
well as casualties incurred.
2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2009, no security official was
injured or killed. The total number of security force casualties
for the year through February 23, 2009, was zero killed and zero
injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. Three PKKers surrendered and two were captured. According
to official TGS website figures, through the third week of February,
the number of PKK militants killed this year was zero, the number of
those captured was seven, and the number of those who surrendered
was 17.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died or injured. The
total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of
the third week of February, was zero killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 267 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
1. (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK
violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff
(TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as
well as casualties incurred.
2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2009, no security official was
injured or killed. The total number of security force casualties
for the year through February 23, 2009, was zero killed and zero
injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. Three PKKers surrendered and two were captured. According
to official TGS website figures, through the third week of February,
the number of PKK militants killed this year was zero, the number of
those captured was seven, and the number of those who surrendered
was 17.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died or injured. The
total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of
the third week of February, was zero killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY