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09ANKARA938
2009-07-02 06:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009)
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000938
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 896 and previous
(U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000938
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 896 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 June 16-23, 2009, two security officials were
killed in clashes with the PKK in the Hakkari and Hakkari provinces
on June 19 and 22. Seven security officials were injured, including
four in clashes with the PKK in the Hakkari and Agri provinces on
June 17, 19 and 23, and three in IED explosions in the Hakkari and
Mardin provinces on June 19, 22 and 23. The total number of
security force casualties for the year through June 23, was 33
killed and 48 injured.
3. (U) During the same period, one PKKer was killed in clashes in
the Sirnak province on June 17. Three PKKers were captured in
Mardin, Kahramanmaras and Sirnak provinces on June 17, 18 and 23.
One PKKer surrendered in the Van province on June 23. According to
official TGS website figures, through the third week of June, the
number of PKK militants killed this year was 27, the number of those
captured was 28, and the number of those who surrendered was 58.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died but one was
injured due to a PKK IED in the Bingol province on June 16. Two
civilians were kidnapped in the Tunceli province on June 17. The
total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of
the third week of June, was five killed and 11 wounded.
JEFFREY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009)
REF: ANKARA 896 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 June 16-23, 2009, two security officials were
killed in clashes with the PKK in the Hakkari and Hakkari provinces
on June 19 and 22. Seven security officials were injured, including
four in clashes with the PKK in the Hakkari and Agri provinces on
June 17, 19 and 23, and three in IED explosions in the Hakkari and
Mardin provinces on June 19, 22 and 23. The total number of
security force casualties for the year through June 23, was 33
killed and 48 injured.
3. (U) During the same period, one PKKer was killed in clashes in
the Sirnak province on June 17. Three PKKers were captured in
Mardin, Kahramanmaras and Sirnak provinces on June 17, 18 and 23.
One PKKer surrendered in the Van province on June 23. According to
official TGS website figures, through the third week of June, the
number of PKK militants killed this year was 27, the number of those
captured was 28, and the number of those who surrendered was 58.
4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died but one was
injured due to a PKK IED in the Bingol province on June 16. Two
civilians were kidnapped in the Tunceli province on June 17. The
total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of
the third week of June, was five killed and 11 wounded.
JEFFREY