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1561. On 29 September 1992, Captain Čuturić reported to the VRS Main Staff that Žika
Ivanović (a.k.a. Crnogorac) had prepared and analysed documentation at the Brčko police
station on robberies, rapes, and murders which were committed by poorly organized “patriotic
fighters” in Brčko town and its surroundings at the beginning of the war and in June 1992. 3033
1562. The Trial Chamber will finally review a number of documents indicating Vasilije
Mijović’s status in 1992. According to a candidate questionnaire bearing Vasilije Mijović’s
signature and dated 11 December 1995 in Bilje, Mijović served in the JATD from 1991 until
at least December 1995. 3034 On 15 December 1996, Serbian MUP Belgrade Sergeants Ilić and
Marić reported that Vasilije Mijović was an employee of the Serbian MUP SDB under Jovica
Stanišić and had been issued an official Serbian MUP ID card on 21 July 1992. 3035
1563. According to an unsigned and undated intelligence report, 3036 the RDB and Serbian
MUP would, on 4 May 1996 during the laying of a wreath at the monument to Radoslav
Kostić at Kula, present various awards and decorations, including to Vasilije Mijović. 3037
1564. The Trial Chamber will first address Rade and Božo Božić’s presence in Brčko. The
evidence of Witness JF-031, Witness JF-025, and several documents 3038 indicate that Rade
and Božo Božić went from the Ležimir camp 3039 to Brčko municipality prior to the take-over
of Brčko town on 2 May 1992. In Brčko, Rade and Božo Božić were referred to as Captain
Dragan’s instructors. They trained and formed a unit of around 70 Brčko residents, which was
referred to as “Captain Dragan’s Red Berets”. Documentary evidence 3040 suggests this unit
took part in combat operations in Brčko municipality between May and June 1992.
1565. The Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 6.3.2 that Rade and Božo Božić and
Captain Dragan were members of the Unit. However, Witness JF-031 testified that Rade and
3033 P1432 (Report to the VRS Main Staff on intelligence information, Captain Simeun Čuturić, 29 September
1992), pp. 1, 3.
3034 P1585 (Series of documents relating to Vasilije Mijović) (Document entitled Candidate’s Details, signed by
Vasilije Mijović, 11 December 1995), pp. 22-26.
3035 P1585 (Series of documents relating to Vasilije Mijović) (Serbian MUP Belgrade Report in relation to
incident of shots fired, 15 December 1996), pp. 19-20.
3036 P1075 (Report on the formation of the JSO of the RDB of Serbia, unsigned, undated), which military expert
witness Reynaud Theunens concluded, based on its content and origins, had been drafted by a VJ Security Organ
after May 1996. See Reynaud Theunens, T. 8081-8083, 8233-8237; P1575 (Reynaud Theunens expert report, 30
June 2007), p. 124.
3037 P1075 (Report on the formation of the JSO of the RDB of Serbia, unsigned, undated), pp. 5, 8-11.
3038 Specifically, the War Presidency Report in evidence as D83, the 4th meeting of the Supreme Defence
Council recording in evidence as P2356, the Captain Dragan Fund documents in evidence as D202, the MUP
report on the SJB Brčko in evidence as P1406, and the Davidović report in evidence as P3017.
3039 See chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Ležimir camp.
3040 In particular, the Brčko War Presidency summary in evidence as D83 and the Captain Dragan Fund
documents in evidence as D202.
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