Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA5
2009-01-05 07:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000005
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008)
REF: ANKARA 2116 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000005
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008)
REF: ANKARA 2116 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 December 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no security
official was killed or injured. The total number of security force
casualties for the year through December 15, 2008, was 140 killed
and 247 injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. Four were captured and two surrendered. According to
official TGS website figures, through the second week of December,
the number of PKK militants killed this year was 657, the number of
those captured was 165, and the number of those who surrendered was
163.
4. (U) During the reporting period one civilian was killed by a PKK
IED in Bingol Province on December 9. The total number of civilian
casualties for the year through the end of the second week of
December, was 49 killed, with another 252 wounded.
JEFFREY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008)
REF: ANKARA 2116 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 December 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no security
official was killed or injured. The total number of security force
casualties for the year through December 15, 2008, was 140 killed
and 247 injured.
3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in
clashes. Four were captured and two surrendered. According to
official TGS website figures, through the second week of December,
the number of PKK militants killed this year was 657, the number of
those captured was 165, and the number of those who surrendered was
163.
4. (U) During the reporting period one civilian was killed by a PKK
IED in Bingol Province on December 9. The total number of civilian
casualties for the year through the end of the second week of
December, was 49 killed, with another 252 wounded.
JEFFREY