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UNCLAS ANKARA 001024 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2009) 
 
REF: ANKARA 979 and previous 
 
¶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 July 1-7, 2009, seven security officials were 
injured, including one in clashes with the PKK in the Hakkari 
province on July 5, and six in IED explosions in the Sirnak and 
Mardin provinces on July 1 and 5.  The total number of security 
force casualties for the year through July 7, was 33 killed and 62 
injured. 
 
¶3. (U) During the same period, one PKKer was killed in clashes in 
the Hakkari province on July 4.  According to official TGS website 
figures, through the first week of July, the number of PKK militants 
killed this year was 29, the number of those captured was 29, and 
the number of those who surrendered was 62. 
 
¶4. (U) During the reporting period four civilians died and nine were 
injured when an IED went off in the Sirnak province on July 6.  The 
total number of civilian casualties for the year through the end of 
the first week of July, was nine killed and 20 wounded. 
JEFFREY