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09ANKARA574
2009-04-20 08:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000574
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 573 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000574
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 573 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 April 8-15, 2009, three security officials were
killed in clashes, including two in Sirnak Province on April 10, and
one in Dicle, Diyarbakir Province on April 15. Six security
officials were injured, including three in clashes on April 10 and
15 and the rest due to IED or landmine explosions on April 10, 12
and 15. The total number of security force casualties for the year
through April 15, was three killed and nine injured.
3. (U) During the same period, seven PKK terrorists were killed in
clashes on April 10, in Sirnak Province. One was captured in
Semdinli, Hakkari Province on April 13. Four PKKers surrendered,
including two in Cukurca, Hakkari Province on April 8, one in
Semdinli on April 10, and one in Gole, Ardahan Province (far
Northeast) on April 10. According to official TGS website figures,
through the second week of April, the number of PKK militants killed
this year was nine, the number of those captured was 15, and the
number of those who surrendered was 34.
4. (U) During the reporting period one civilian died when his car
hit a PKK IED on the road near Silopi, Sirnak Province on April 14.
The total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end
of the second week of April, was one killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 573 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 April 8-15, 2009, three security officials were
killed in clashes, including two in Sirnak Province on April 10, and
one in Dicle, Diyarbakir Province on April 15. Six security
officials were injured, including three in clashes on April 10 and
15 and the rest due to IED or landmine explosions on April 10, 12
and 15. The total number of security force casualties for the year
through April 15, was three killed and nine injured.
3. (U) During the same period, seven PKK terrorists were killed in
clashes on April 10, in Sirnak Province. One was captured in
Semdinli, Hakkari Province on April 13. Four PKKers surrendered,
including two in Cukurca, Hakkari Province on April 8, one in
Semdinli on April 10, and one in Gole, Ardahan Province (far
Northeast) on April 10. According to official TGS website figures,
through the second week of April, the number of PKK militants killed
this year was nine, the number of those captured was 15, and the
number of those who surrendered was 34.
4. (U) During the reporting period one civilian died when his car
hit a PKK IED on the road near Silopi, Sirnak Province on April 14.
The total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end
of the second week of April, was one killed and five wounded.
JEFFREY