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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 001036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
OSD FOR IG KICKLIGHTER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/04/2028 
TAGS: PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS 
ARE FROM IRAQ 
 
REF: 07 ANKARA 2695 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: AMBASSADOR ROSS WILSON FOR REASONS 1.4 (B,D). 
 
¶1. (C) Summary:  The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us 
June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently 
seized by Turkish authorities.  Four of the Glocks were 
reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids 
against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere 
on January 24, 2008.  Foreign Ministry officials gave us 
information they said they obtained from Austrian authorities 
indicating all five Glocks had previously been transferred to 
U.S authorities in Baghdad.  The MFA is requesting more 
information on these weapons and others previously reported 
to us via MFA and Turkish National Police channels, as well 
as an update on U.S. efforts to ensure accountability and 
prevent leakage of weapons transferred to Iraq.  End Summary 
 
¶2. (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Security 
Inan Ozyildiz presented us with a diplomatic note on June 3 
containing the following information (faxed to EUR/SE). 
Begin text: 
 
i) The Glock gun with a serial number of "HDB807", captured 
during the police operation on 7 January 2008 in Diyarbakir, 
regarding the investigation of the car bomb attack on the 3 
January 2008, has been traced by the Austrian authorities to 
have been sold on 5 April 2005 to the address "US Mission 
Iraq, BIAP warehouse Grid MB473884BAIP, Carl Blyth 
96407901923831 Baghdad, Iraq". 
 
ii) Austrian authorities also provided the following 
information regarding the Glock guns, which were captured 
during the operations by the Turkish police against the 
Al-Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Istanbul and 
Yalova on 24 January 2008: 
 
- The Glock gun with a serial number of "HFF220" was sold to 
the address "US Mission in Iraq, BIAP Warehouse Grid MB 263 
875, Ltc. Emmons, 0 709 192 9098 Baghdad, Iraq" on June 2005. 
 
- The Glock gun with a serial number of "GKK653" was sold to 
the address "US Mission Iraq, Ministry of Interior Republican 
Compound Baghdad, Iraq" on September 2004. 
 
 
- The Glock gun with a serial number of "GZR786" was sold to 
the address "US Mission Iraq, Baghdad International Airport 
Warehouse Baghdad, Iraq" on February 2005. 
 
- The Glock gun with a serial number of "HND915" was sold to 
the address "US Mission Iraq, Baghdad International Airport 
Abu Ghrayeb Warehouse 68 Abu Ghrayeb Expressway Baghdad, 
Iraq" on January 2005. 
 
End text. 
 
The MFA note concludes with a request that U.S. authorities 
provide any available information on the above-mentioned 
weapons. 
 
¶3. (C) Referring to DOD Inspector General Kicklighter's April 
3 meeting with Turkish Ambassador Nabi Sensoy in Washington, 
Ozyildiz aide Ceren Etiz told us that the Turkish government 
would welcome follow-up briefings on measures being 
implemented in Iraq to strengthen weapons accountability and 
prevent further leakage into Turkey.  She noted that the 
Turkish National Police (TNP) are still awaiting information 
from relevant U.S. authorities on Glocks and other weapons 
which they have seized since 2006 and which appear to 
originate from U.S. deliveries to Iraq.  Etiz also stated 
that, as Turkish judicial processes move forward on some of 
these weapons seizures, the GOT may formally request U.S. 
assistance via letters rogatory under our bilateral Mutual 
Legal Assistance Treaty.  The issue of arms leakage was also 
raised briefly by Turkish officials during the May 28 visit 
of Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff. 
 
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey 
 
WILSON