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an ID-check. Around the same period, the witness once saw Frenki Simatović visit the Mount
Ozren camp, in Doboj municipality. 3112
1584. Witness JF-005 testified that in May or June 1992, on several occasions, he observed
Božović return from Belgrade to the headquarters of the tactical group at Mount Ozren and
pass an envelope to Stanković. 3113 The witness saw documents with Stanišić’s name and what
appeared to be his signature in May or June 1992. 3114 The witness later learned that all crossborder
weapon transfers had to be approved by Stanišić. 3115
1585. At the end of June 1992, in Tešlić, the witness and 12 others were mistaken for
Karaga’s unit and arrested by the military police, handed over to the MUP, and taken to a
military camp in Banja Luka, where they were held until Božović arranged their release on
the condition that Božović would leave the Bosnian-Serb Republic once the Posavina corridor
was “liberated”. 3116 After the witness’s release and following the opening of the corridor in
July 1992, part of the witness’s unit joined the Ozren Guard and part joined the VRS military
police under the command of Ðuro Martić. 3117 The witness’s Red Beret unit at Doboj ceased
to exist as such. 3118 Milovan Stanković ordered the witness to join the military police. 3119
After the liberation of the Posavina corridor, in July or August 1992, Božović together with
Vuk, Riki, and Njegoš, left the Bosnian-Serb Republic for Serbia where he set up a Red Beret
camp at the River Tara, near Montenegro. 3120 However, Božović, Riki, and Vuk continued to
visit Doboj regularly and sometimes still issued orders to the witness and others, who would
then be separated from their units to fulfil tasks. 3121
1586. Witness JF-031, a Serb from Knin municipality, 3122 testified that in Doboj there was a
Red Beret camp or training centre, where he saw some 300 men wearing red berets without
3112 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 12; Witness JF-005, T. 2780-2781.
3113 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 11; P139 (Witness JF-005, witness
statement, 14 January 2010), pp. 2-3.
3114 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), paras 11, 13; Witness JF-005, T. 2920-2921.
3115 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 13.
3116 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 32; Witness JF-005, T. 2903, 2959-2961,
3013.
3117 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 33; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness
statement, 4 November 2009), para. 18; Witness JF-005, T. 2877, 2897, 2961-2962.
3118 P138 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 4 November 2009), para. 18.
3119 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), paras 33, 37; Witness JF-005, T. 2877, 2897.
3120 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), para. 36; P138 (Witness JF-005, witness
statement, 4 November 2009), para. 22; Witness JF-005, T. 2846.
3121 P137 (Witness JF-005, witness statement, 25 January 2004), paras 33, 36; Witness JF-005, T. 2904-2905.
3122 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), pp. 1-2.
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