Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ANKARA41
2009-01-12 09:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000041
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 0007 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000041
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 0007 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 January 1-7, 2009, reporting period, no security
official was killed or injured. The total number of security force
casualties for the year through January 7, 2009, was zero killed and
zero injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. One PKKer was captured in Diyarbakir on January 5.
According to official TGS website figures, through the first week of
January, the number of PKK militants killed this year was zero, the
number of those captured was one, and the number of those who
surrendered was zero.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian was killed or injured
in PKK-linked violence. The total number of civilian casualties for
the year through the end of the first week of January, was zero
killed and zero wounded.
JEFFREY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 0007 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 January 1-7, 2009, reporting period, no security
official was killed or injured. The total number of security force
casualties for the year through January 7, 2009, was zero killed and
zero injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. One PKKer was captured in Diyarbakir on January 5.
According to official TGS website figures, through the first week of
January, the number of PKK militants killed this year was zero, the
number of those captured was one, and the number of those who
surrendered was zero.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian was killed or injured
in PKK-linked violence. The total number of civilian casualties for
the year through the end of the first week of January, was zero
killed and zero wounded.
JEFFREY