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Viewing cable 09ANKARA1375, UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2009)

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09ANKARA1375 2009-09-18 12:00 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara 
VZCZCXRO9017
RR RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHAK #1375 2611200
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 181200Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0813
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//USDP:PDUSDP/ISA:EUR/ISA:NESA//
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-3/J-5//
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/EUCOM POLAD VAIHINGEN GE
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHMFIUU/425ABG IZMIR TU//CC//
RHMFIUU/39ABG INCIRLIK AB TU
RUEPGAB/MNF-I C2X BAGHDAD IZ
 
UNCLAS ANKARA 001375 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2009) 
 
REF: A) ANKARA 1333 
     B) ANKARA 1304 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 September 8-15, 2009, ten security officials were 
killed and ten were injured.  Out of ten who were kill, eight died 
in clashes with the PKK in Siirt and Hakkari provinces on September 
8, and two in a PKK landmine explosion in the Van province on 
September 9.  Out of ten who were injured, four were hurt in clashes 
with the PKK in Siirt and Sirnak provinces on September 8 and 13 and 
six in a PKK landmine explosion in the Van province on September 9. 
The total number of security force casualties for the year through 
September 15, was 51 killed and 83 injured. 
 
3. (U) During the same period, three PKK militants were killed in 
clashes in the Hakkari province on September 9 and 10.  Two PKK 
militants were captured in the Hakkari province on September 9 and 
12.  Five PKK militants surrendered in the Sirnak and Bingol 
provinces on September 9 and 13.  According to official TGS website 
figures, through the second week of September the number of PKK 
militants killed and injured this year was 39, the number of those 
captured was 46, and the number of those who surrendered was 92. 
 
4. (U) During the reporting period one civilian was killed and 
another was injured when they stepped on a PKK landmine in the 
Diyarbakir province on September 11.  The total number of civilian 
casualties for the year through the end of the second week of 
September, was 12 killed and 23 wounded. 
JEFFREY