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1521. The Trial Chamber recalls an entry in Mladić’s notebook about 18 men who were
trained in Ilok and transported to Bosanski Šamac in April 1992, together with Đorđević and
Aleksandar Vuković (two members of the Serbian MUP), see chapter 3.4.2.
1522. Dragan Đorđević, a.k.a. Crni stated on 25 November 1992 to a judge of the Military
Court in Banja Luka that he was an instructor at the training centre in Pajžos near Ilok, when a
group of SRS members and a group of men from Šamac came to the centre for training. After
the training was completed, these men together with Đorđević and 30 men from Serbia, went
to Šamac as volunteers and with the approval of Colonel Lieutenant Stevan Nikolić, were
attached to the 17th Tactical Group. On 17 April 1992 they entered Šamac under command of
the VRS. Đorđević further explained that the unit under the 17th Tactical Group was
composed of SRS members from Serbia, locals trained in Ilok, and some others. Following
the liberation of Šamac, he became commander of the Second Posavina Brigade formed at the
order of Nikolić. It was about the time that the JNA officers left. The Second Posavina
Brigade then continued to break through the corridor. 2959 Slobodan Miljković (a.k.a. Lugar)
stated on 25 November 1992 to a judge of the Military Court in Banja Luka that, after
working as a deputy police commander in Eastern Slavonia, he went to train at Pajzoš and
Ležimir. After the training, Miljković and others were transferred to Batkuša village in
Bosanska Posavina, from where, as commander of the Special Purpose Unit, he participated
in the liberation of Bosanski Samač town and in the mopping up operations of villages around
the town. 2960
1523. On 14 December 1992, during the criminal proceedings against Dragan Đorđević
before a judge of the Military Court in Banja Luka, President of the Šamac Municipal War
Presidency Blagoje Simić stated that on 10 April 1992, Crni arrived at Batkuša with an assault
group from Serbia sent by the Serbian MUP together with 18 local men who had attended a
training course in Pajzoš. Crni and the volunteers placed themselves under the command of
the 17th Tactical Group of Colonel Stevan Nikolić and participated in the liberation of Šamac
and the surrounding villages. After the liberation and the creation of a corridor to Brčko, Crni
was appointed commander of the Second Posavska Brigade and Srećko Radovanović (a.k.a.
Debeli) was appointed its chief of staff. 2961
2959 P1417 (Record of interview with Đorđević, signed by Nikola Tomaševic, 25 November 1992), pp. 1-3.
2960 P1428 (Record of interview with Miljković, signed by Nikola Tomaševic, 25 November 1992), pp. 1-4.
2961 P1429 (Record of interview with Blagoje Simić, signed by Nikola Tomaševic, 14 December 1992, pp. 1-2.
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