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1549. On 21 June 1992, Saša Vukojević, in his capacity as the Captain of the VRS Brčko
Special Unit, requested equipment from the War Presidency of Brčko municipality. 3008
1550. The Trial Chamber now turns to the evidence indicating that Živojin Ivanović was
present in Brčko municipality with a special purpose unit also refered to as the Red Berets
from late May or early June to September 1992. Witness JF-047, a Serb who was a member
of various paramilitary units including the unit referred to him as the Red Berets, 3009 testified
that at the end of May or beginning of June 1992, he was sent to Brčko to serve in a newlyarrived
group of Red Berets comprising about 40 men commanded by “Živorad” Ivanović,
who had several nicknames including “Žika” and “Žika Crna Gorac”. 3010 Žika was the
commander of the Serbian MUP special purpose unit in Brčko and was immediately
subordinated to the command in Belgrade, being Simatović at the time. 3011 One of the
members of this group, Vaso Mijović, frequently travelled to Belgrade to get weapons,
ammunition, and fuel for the unit and for the VRS when there was a surplus supply. 3012 About
four to six trucks with weapons and ammunition were transported by Mijović. 3013 The
communications centre in Brčko maintained contact with Banja Luka, Ilok, Belgrade, and a
town in the Krajina. 3014
1551. Goran Stoparić, a former member of the Skorpions, 3015 testified that after he joined
the VRS as a volunteer to fight in Brčko in 1992, Žika Crnogorac came to the area and
selected men to join a new special VRS volunteer unit. 3016 According to the witness, the
selected men were sent for training with the Red Berets as when they returned they wore red
berets and uniforms they could only have gotten from the Red Berets. 3017
1552. Petar Djukić, RSK chief police inspector from 15 March 1993 to 1 July 1996, 3018
testified that he saw a man at the Brčko garrison who he was told by Captain Mitrić was
3008 D175 (Series of three requests by special units in Brčko, 18-27 June 1992), p. 1.
3009 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), p. 1, paras 9, 25, 48.
3010 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), paras 47-48; Witness JF-047, T. 7649, 7820.
3011 Witness JF-047, T. 7649, 7746; P1085 (Unit for Special Purposes Certificate signed by Živojin Ivanović, 9
July 1992).
3012 P1516 (Witness JF-047, witness statement, 22 April 2004), para. 48; Witness JF-047, T. 7649-7650.
3013 Witness JF-047, T. 7650.
3014 Witness JF-047, T. 7820; P2126 (Personnel file of Witness JF-047, 4 February 1992) p. 2.
3015 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 68, 77; Goran Stoparić, T. 10327.
3016 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), paras 59-61, 65-66; Goran Stoparić, T.
10404, 10407-10408; P1707 (Military booklet of Goran Stoparić), p. 27.
3017 P1702 (Goran Stoparić, witness statement, 24 November 2003), para. 61; Goran Stoparić, T. 10407-10408,
10449-10450.
3018 Petar Djukić, T. 17910, 17913, 17918-17920, 17971, 18003-18004, 18059, 18062, 18065; D759 (Letter of
appreciation from Gen. Walter Fallmann, UNTAES Civpol Commissioner, 22 August 1996); D760 (UNTAES
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