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R 130502Z FEB 09
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UNCLAS ANKARA 000233 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (February 1-7, 2009) 
 
REF: ANKARA 184 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 February 1-7, 2009, no security official was 
injured or killed.  The total number of security force casualties 
for the year through February 7, 2009, was zero killed and zero 
injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, no PKK terrorist was killed in 
clashes.  One PKKer surrendered in Silopi, Sirnak Province on 
February 4.  According to official TGS website figures, through the 
first week of February, the number of PKK militants killed this year 
was zero, the number of those captured was four, and the number of 
those who surrendered was 11. 
 
¶4. (U) During the reporting period no civilian died or was injured. 
The total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end 
of the first week of February, was zero killed and one wounded. 
JEFFREY