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R 161130Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6299
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000947 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2008) 
 
REF: ANKARA 861 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 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security 
official was injured when an explosive was detonated on the road by 
the PKK.  The total number of security force casualties for the year 
through May 7, 2008 was 37 killed and 43 injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, more than 152 PKK terrorists were 
reported killed, including two in direct clashes and the remaining 
during air strikes by Turkish Air Force jets against PKK sites in 
northern Iraq.  Two additional PKKers were captured inside Turkey 
and one surrendered.  According to official TGS website figures, 
through the first week of May, the number of PKK militants killed 
this year was 468, the number of those captured was 88, and the 
number of those who surrendered was 59. 
 
¶4. (U) The total number of civilian casualties for the year through 
the end of the first week of May remained 11 killed, with another 52 
wounded. 
 
WILSON