Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ANKARA401
2009-03-18 14:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000401
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 371 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000401
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 371 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 March 8-15, 2009, no security official was injured
or killed. The total number of security force casualties for the
year through March 15, was zero killed and zero injured.
3. (U) During the same period, one PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes in Nusaybin, Mardin Province on March 12. Two PKKers were
captured, one in Mardin and a second in Idil, Sirnak Province.
According to official TGS website figures, through the second week
of March, the number of PKK militants killed this year was one, the
number of those captured was 10, 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 second week of March, 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 (March 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 371 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 March 8-15, 2009, no security official was injured
or killed. The total number of security force casualties for the
year through March 15, was zero killed and zero injured.
3. (U) During the same period, one PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes in Nusaybin, Mardin Province on March 12. Two PKKers were
captured, one in Mardin and a second in Idil, Sirnak Province.
According to official TGS website figures, through the second week
of March, the number of PKK militants killed this year was one, the
number of those captured was 10, 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 second week of March, was zero killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY