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Mount Ozren camp several times. <strong>30</strong>55 The Prosecution submits that Red Beret members under<br />

the command of Božović and under the direct control of Simatović participated in the takeover<br />

of Doboj on 3 <strong>May</strong> 1992. <strong>30</strong>56<br />

1575. The Trial Chamber has received evidence from Witness JF-005, Witness JF-031,<br />

Witness JF-008, Witness JF-035, and Manojlo Milovanović, as well as documentary evidence<br />

in relation to the Mount Ozren and Vila camps and the Doboj operations.<br />

1576. Witness JF-005, a Croatian Serb member of the JSN or Special Purpose Unit from<br />

April 1992, <strong>30</strong>57 testified that his unit was officially called the JSN, although it was known to<br />

civilians as the Red Berets. <strong>30</strong>58 While the name of the unit changed frequently, the people<br />

comprising it stayed the same. <strong>30</strong>59 According to the witness, the inhabitants of Doboj also<br />

referred to the Petrovo Special Police as Red Berets. <strong>30</strong>60 The witness considered the term Red<br />

Berets to signify a group of people, including Božović, Vuk, Riki, and Njegoš, who came<br />

from Serbia to train the local population to defend itself in case the Muslim forces attacked<br />

Doboj. <strong>30</strong>61 The witness’s unit consisted of around 60 men and was commanded by Dragan<br />

Lukić, who was directly subordinated to Božović. <strong>30</strong>62 Dragan Lukić was also subordinated to<br />

the Ozren Tactical Group, which came under the command of Milovan Stanković after the<br />

Doboj operation and consisted of four VRS brigades. <strong>30</strong>63 The witness’s Special Unit operated<br />

independently of these VRS brigades. <strong>30</strong>64<br />

1577. On 20 April 1992, the witness started the training course for the Special Units of the<br />

Serbian DB, also known as the Red Berets. Milan Ninković, President of the SDS municipal<br />

board in Doboj, recruited persons, including the witness, to be trained by Božović at Mount<br />

Ozren in 1992. <strong>30</strong>65 The witness was initially told that the unit was a Special JNA unit,<br />

although as of <strong>May</strong> 1992, he heard rumours that they were in fact part of the Serbian DB. <strong>30</strong>66<br />

<strong>30</strong>55 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 245.<br />

<strong>30</strong>56 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 251-252; T. 20199, 20211-20213.<br />

<strong>30</strong>57 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), p. 1, paras 1, 3, 11; P136 (Witness pseudonym<br />

sheet); Witness JF-005, T. 2760, 2851, 2857.<br />

<strong>30</strong>58 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 3; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness<br />

statement, 4 November 2009), para. 3; Witness JF-005, T. 2850-2852.<br />

<strong>30</strong>59 P139 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 14 January 2010), p. 1.<br />

<strong>30</strong>60 Witness JF-005, T. 2854.<br />

<strong>30</strong>61 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 5; Witness JF-005, T. 2846-2849.<br />

<strong>30</strong>62 Witness JF-005, T. 2851, 2857-2858, 2901.<br />

<strong>30</strong>63 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 13; Witness JF-005, T. 2857-2858, 2901.<br />

<strong>30</strong>64 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 13.<br />

<strong>30</strong>65 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 3; Witness JF-005, T. 2778, 2858-2859,<br />

2868, <strong>30</strong>06.<br />

<strong>30</strong>66 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 9; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness<br />

statement, 4 November 2009), paras 13-14; Witness JF-005, T. 2778.<br />

Case No. IT-03-69-T 557<br />

<strong>30</strong> <strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong>

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