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PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: You have mentioned the fi ghting in 1994, 1995,
in the region of Livno in Herzegovina, and my question was before the break: did forces
from the RSK also participate in the fi ghting around Bihać?
BABIĆ: Th ey did.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Who ... what were the forces on both sides? Who
was fi ghting whom in Bihać?
BABIĆ: On one side, there was the 5 th Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
which was defending its territory, and it was being attacked by the forces of the army
of Republika Srpska and the forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, consisting of the
Serbian army, the police, the Serbian DB 97 and the forces of Fikret Abdić
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Th e police forces of the state security service of
Serbia that participated, who led them? Who commanded them in this fi ghting?
BABIĆ: I was told it was Frenki 98 , that he was in command, or rather, the DB from
Petrova Gora.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: And who told you that?
BABIĆ: People from Kordun, from the region, members of the government of Krajina.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Th is participation of the RSK forces in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, did this cause problems for the position of the RSK towards the
international community and the Croatian authorities?
BABIĆ: Yes. In 1994 in particular, and in 1995, this compromised the position of the
Republic of Serbian Krajina in relation to the international community, because Bihać
was an area protected by the international community.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Did it increase the danger of an all-out attack on
the RSK by the Croatian forces?
BABIĆ: Yes. Th at was the reason why the Croatian army and the HVO from the territory
of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched an off ensive to deblock Bihac. Th at was what was
publicly announced by the authorities in Croatia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it meant
cutting off the Republic of Serbian Krajina from Republika Srpska and Yugoslavia.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Did the RSK authorities and the Republika
Srpska authorities actually have a military agreement on assisting each other in that
time period?
BABIĆ: I know there was an agreement between Martić and Karadžić, that is, between
the authorities of Republika Srpska and the Republic of Serbian Krajina, and that
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