Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ANKARA342
2009-03-05 11:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (February 24-28, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000342
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 24-28, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 340 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000342
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 24-28, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 340 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 24-28, 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. According to official TGS website figures, through the
fourth 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 was injured.
The total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end
of the fourth 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 24-28, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 340 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 24-28, 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. According to official TGS website figures, through the
fourth 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 was injured.
The total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end
of the fourth week of February, was zero killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY