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Viewing cable 08ANKARA861, Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2008)

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ANKARA861 2008-05-05 14:24 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara
VZCZCXRO5486
RR RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHAK #0861 1261424
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 051424Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6179
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUEHAK/USDAO ANKARA TU
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//USDP:PDUSDP/ISA:EUR/ISA:NESA//
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-3/J-5//
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/EUCOM POLAD VAIHINGEN GE
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHMFISS/425ABG IZMIR TU//CC//
RHMFISS/39ABG INCIRLIK AB TU
RUEPGAB/MNF-I C2X BAGHDAD IZ
UNCLAS ANKARA 000861 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2008) 
 
REF: ANKARA 778 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 24-30, 2008 reporting period, seven security 
officials died, including two in landmine explosions and the rest in 
clashes with the PKK.  One of the two who were killed when they 
stepped on a landmine was a village guard.  Three additional 
security personnel were injured, all in landmine explosions.  The 
total number of security force casualties for the year through April 
30, 2008 was 37 killed and 42 injured. 
 
3. (U) During the same reporting period, three PKK terrorists were 
killed, two were captured, and nine surrendered.  Of the two killed, 
one was found dead in Nusaybin, Mardin Province on April 28. 
According to official TGS website figures, through the fourth week 
of April, the number of PKK militants killed this year was 316, the 
number of those captured was 86, and the number of those who 
surrendered was 58. 
 
4. (U) A civilian vehicle was damaged when a PKK-set explosive 
detonated April 26 in Guclukonak, Sirnak Province.  No one was 
injured.  The total number of civilian casualties for the year 
through the end of the fourth week of April was 11 killed, with 
another 52 wounded. 
 
WILSON