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Interior Pavle Bulatović, Bulatović said that in February, five people from Captain Dragan’s
unit had arrived in Brčko as instructors to train reservists from the former JNA. 3002 Three of
the instructors started to terrorise the Serbian people in the area. 3003
1546. According to documentation submitted to the Captain Dragan Fund, Miodrag
Obradović was injured in an attack on an “Ustasha’s” house on 24 May 1992 while serving in
Captain Božić’s special unit. This was was confirmed by certificates signed by Captain Božić
as officer of “the unit” in Brčko. 3004 On 26 May 1992, the Brčko Garrison commander issued
a pass for Miodrag Obradović to exit the battlefield and Brčko municipality. 3005
1547. In a report on an inspection of the situation at the SJB Brčko, Serbian Republic of BiH
Sarajevo MUP inspectors reported that on 29 May 1992 the SJB and the Crime Investigation
Service in Brčko were not functioning properly. Further, Captain Dragan’s paramilitary
formations, Chetniks from the area of Bijeljina and from the area of Ugljevik had put pressure
on the SJB Brčko and attempted two armed attacks on them. For example, a certain Božo, a
member of Captain Dragan’s paramilitary formation, had attacked a business with forty
members of his unit and attempted to steal a car. 3006
1548. On 8 August 1992, Milorad Davidović of the Federal MUP Belgrade, reported
problems (including mistreatment, theft, and rape) in the areas of Bijeljina, Zvornik, and
Brčko, where paramilitary formations (in particular members of the SDG, Captain Dragan’s
Red Berets, and the SRS) were forming their own parallel authorities. The report further noted
that a group of Captain Dragan’s Red Berets were active in the Brčko area (including Rade
and Božo Božić, Saša Vukojević, Simo Radovanović, and Goran Petković). These Red Berets
had stormed the Police Station where they held the President of the municipality and the Chief
of Staff of the 1st Posavina Brigade hostage. The group broke into the police station and
removed weapons, communication and investigation equipment, and police cars. The Trial
Chamber notes that Davidović mentioned Captain Dragan’s Red Berets separately from
Ivanović’s group which the Trial Chamber considers below. 3007
3001 D83 (Summary from the War Presidency of Brčko regarding events in Brčko municipality), pp. 2-6.
3002 P2356 (Tape Recording of the 4 th Session of the Supreme Defence Council, 31 July 1992), pp. 1, 15.
3003 P2356 (Tape Recording of the 4 th Session of the Supreme Defence Council, 31 July 1992), p. 15.
3004 D202 (Documents associated with Miodrag Obradović Captain Dragan Fund questionnaire and certification
of service, 26 May 1992), pp. 2, 4-5.
3005 D202 (Documents associated with Miodrag Obradović Captain Dragan Fund questionnaire and certification
of service, 26 May 1992), p. 6.
3006 P1406 (MUP on inspection conducted and situation found at SJB Brčko, 17 June 1992), pp. 1, 3.
3007 P3017 (Federal MUP Belgrade report, Milorad Davidović, 8 August 1992), pp. 1-3, 7-8, 12.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 549
30 May 2013