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added that at least two of the Red Berets who were present at Brčko had direct connections
with Frenki. 2995
1543. Witness JF-025, a Serb from Croatia, 2996 testified that in May 1992, while the witness
was a member of Mauzer’s Panthers, the witness was sent to Brčko municipality, where the
Red Berets, under Captain Dragan, were also present. 2997 The witness testified that he was
aware of the various military formations arriving in Brčko to help the war effort, and that the
Serbian National Guard under the command of Mauzer, and the Radicals under the command
of Mirko Blagojević, were among the Serbian forces coming into Brčko that the witness
encountered or was able to observe. 2998 Mauzer’s Panthers were stationed in the suburbs of
Brčko, and the witness would see the Red Berets when he and his unit went to the centre of
town. 2999 The Red Berets were in camouflage uniforms and had the same weapons as the
Panthers, i.e. automatic rifles of the Zastava type. 3000
1544. In an undated summary, the War Presidency of Brčko reported that the war began in
Brčko municipality when the bridges over the Sava river were blown up, on 30 April 1992.
On 2 May 1992, Serb forces broke through the barricades of the opposing forces and took
over Brčko town. About four to six months before the war began, a group of Captain
Dragan’s instructors (Rade Simo, Saša, Božo, Serdo) had arrived and formed and trained a
special unit of around 70 Brčko residents. This unit was supposed to be under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel Pavle Milinković of the VRS Brčko garrison, but (although it initially
contributed to the combat operations in Brčko), it slowly became independent and evaded
command. The report stated that this special unit was based in the building in the duty-free
zone. Over time the units present in Brčko started to disobey the chain of command, started
looting and committing other crimes, particularly those under the command of Ljubiša Savić
(known as Mauzer), Mirko Blagojević, Saša and Pejo (Arkan’s volunteers), and Captain
Dragan’s instructors (the special unit). 3001
1545. At the 4th meeting of the Supreme Defence Council on 31 July 1992, attended by
Slobodan Milošević, JNA General Staff Chief Života Panić, and Federal Minister of the
2994 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19294-19295.
2995 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19313-19314.
2996 P612 (Witness JF-025, prior testimony 2003), pp. 18019, 18054; P611 (Second pseudonym sheet for Witness
JF-025); P613 (First pseudonym sheet for Witness JF-025).
2997 P612 (Witness JF-025, prior testimony 2003), pp. 18052, 18099, 18110; Witness JF-025, T. 6248.
2998 Witness JF-025, T. 6275-6276; D83 (Summary from the War Presidency of Brčko regarding events and
situations in Brčko municipality).
2999 Witness JF-025, T. 6248.
3000 Witness JF-025, T. 6249.
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