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R 290715Z MAY 08
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UNCLAS ANKARA 001002 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) 
 
REF: ANKARA 956 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 May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security 
officials were killed, including one village guard, in clashes. 
During the same period four security officials, including one 
village guard, were injured in clashes.  The total number of 
security force casualties for the year through May 23, 2008 was 48 
killed and 52 injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, two PKK terrorists were killed.  Two 
PKKers were captured and another two surrendered.  According to 
official TGS website figures, through the third week of May, the 
number of PKK militants killed this year was 489, the number of 
those captured was 94, and the number of those who surrendered was 
¶63. 
 
¶4. (U) No civilians were killed or injured this week.  The total 
number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of the 
third week of May was 16 killed, with another 58 wounded. 
 
WILSON