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R 200738Z MAY 08
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000956 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2008) 
 
REF: ANKARA 947 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 8-15, 2008 reporting period, seven security 
officials were killed, including six soldiers in clashes and one 
when he stepped on an IED.  During the same period five security 
officials were injured, including four in clashes and one when he 
stepped on a landmine.  The total number of security force 
casualties for the year through May 15, 2008 was 44 killed and 48 
injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, 19 PKK terrorists were reported 
killed.  Four additional PKKers were captured and two surrendered. 
According to official TGS website figures, through the second week 
of May, the number of PKK militants killed this year was 487, the 
number of those captured was 92, and the number of those who 
surrendered was 61. 
 
¶4. (U) Five civilians lost their lives, including four whose minibus 
hit a landmine on a road near Sason in Batman Province and one who 
stepped on an IED.  Six civilians were injured, including four in 
the minibus attack and two when they stepped on an IED.  The total 
number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of the 
second week of May was 16 killed, with another 58 wounded. 
 
WILSON