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listed amounts very high. <strong>30</strong>77 The lists further included Njegoš Kušić, Nikola Lončar, Davor<br />

Subotić, Đurica Banjac, and Milenko Popović. <strong>30</strong>78<br />

1579. Božović told the witness and his fellow recruits at the start of their training that they<br />

would fight for the Serbian people and that the Muslims wanted to kill all Serbs. The recruits<br />

received infantry and tactical training and were trained in topography, combat skills, and the<br />

use of various firearms and explosives. <strong>30</strong>79 During the witness’s training, he was also taught<br />

how to use human shields during front line combat operations. <strong>30</strong>80 The training lasted around<br />

15 days, although it was interrupted on 3 <strong>May</strong> 1992, because they received information that<br />

the Muslims were about to take over Doboj and they had to get there before them. <strong>30</strong>81<br />

According to the witness, the training camp at Ozren was officially closed in August 1992,<br />

although it was de facto still in use as a training camp in 2004. <strong>30</strong>82<br />

1580. In the beginning, the witness and other Red Beret members did not wear any insignia<br />

other than a red ribbon and a red beret. <strong>30</strong>83 After receiving training at Mount Ozren the other<br />

recruits were given camouflage uniforms and red berets with JSN insignia. <strong>30</strong>84 Red Beret<br />

members were instructed to take off their red berets during combat operations. <strong>30</strong>85 The witness<br />

received his own red beret somewhere between 10 and 14 <strong>May</strong> 1992. <strong>30</strong>86 According to the<br />

witness, the red beret he received had insignia which contained the letters JSN, and a picture<br />

of a brown wolf in red flames on a brown background. <strong>30</strong>87 The witness recognized the Grey<br />

Wolf Patch which was used by his unit in Doboj in 1992, depicting a grey wolf above two<br />

golden laurel-branches, surrounded by the colours of the Serbian flag. <strong>30</strong>88 The witness<br />

testified that there were three different colours on Red Beret badges: blue for recruits, red for<br />

<strong>30</strong>77 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 34; P89 (List of names signed by Station<br />

Chief Obren Petrović and Nedjeljko Kovač); P143 (List of employees to receive salary for <strong>May</strong> 1992, Financial<br />

and Technical Affairs Department, 19 June 1992).<br />

<strong>30</strong>78 P89 (List of names signed by Station Chief Obren Petrović and Nedjelko Kovač); P143 (List of employees to<br />

receive salary for <strong>May</strong> 1992, Financial and Technical Affairs Department, 19 June 1992).<br />

<strong>30</strong>79 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 6; Witness JF-005, T. 2932, 2934-2935.<br />

<strong>30</strong>80 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 42.<br />

<strong>30</strong>81 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), paras 6, 11; Witness JF-005, T. 2937-2938.<br />

<strong>30</strong>82 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 10; P139 (Witness JF-005, witness<br />

statement, 14 January 2010), p. 1.<br />

<strong>30</strong>83 P139 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 14 January 2010), p. 1.<br />

<strong>30</strong>84 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 7; Witness JF-005, T. 2881, 2944.<br />

<strong>30</strong>85 P139 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 14 January 2010), p. 1.<br />

<strong>30</strong>86 Witness JF-005, T. 2941-2942, 2944-2945.<br />

<strong>30</strong>87 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 7; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness<br />

statement, 4 November 2009), para. 3.<br />

<strong>30</strong>88 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 36; P141 (Grey Wolf Patch used by the<br />

Red Berets); Witness JF-005, T. 2780.<br />

Case No. IT-03-69-T 559<br />

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

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