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said they had been trained by the Red Berets in Ozren, and who acted like professionally
trained soldiers. 3135 They had been trained by a person nicknamed “Riki” and a person
nicknamed “Crnogorac”, who the witness believed were Red Berets instructors at a base in
Ilok. 3136 During his time stationed near Doboj, Witness JF-035 never encountered members of
the Red Berets himself. 3137
1589. In a hand-written autobiography, Milenko Popović wrote that between spring and July
1992, he went from Baranja to Ozren in a group with Radojica Božović and participated in the
operations there (including the capturing of Doboj, clearing and fortifying the line at Ozren,
taking Teslić, and clearing neighbouring villages and establishing a corridor). At Ozren,
Popović and others trained about 2,000 men from the Ozren, Doboj, and Teslić area. Popović
left Ozren in July 1992. 3138 In a hand-written autobiography, Davor Subotić wrote that, after
training at Ležimir and fighting at several locations, when the corridor was breached, he was
deployed with a group of men to Ozren and was actively involved in fighting for Doboj. 3139
1590. The Trial Chamber further recalls the testimony of Witness JF-005 in relation to the
training of Karaga’s unit and the Miće group at Mount Ozren, as set out in chapter 3.5.2. The
Trial Chamber also recalls the evidence of Witness B-1115 and Witness JF-008 in relation to
the training in Doboj, as set out in chapter 3.5.2.
1591. At a 6 February 1993 meeting, Mladić recorded in his notebook that Slavko Lazarević
a.k.a. Amerika had permission from “Stanišić” to form the Red Berets at Ozren, Doboj
municipality. 3140 Manojlo Milovanović, the Chief of the Main Staff of the VRS between May
1992 and 1996, 3141 testified that, in his opinion, this referred to Mićo Stanišić, the minister of
interior of the Bosnian-Serb Republic, because the entry continued with a note that “Mićo”
wrote an order to form a “special unit” at Doboj and, according to the witness, Jovica Stanišić
would not have been authorized to issue such an order. 3142
3135 P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), pp. 12184-12185; Witness JF-
035, T. 5410, 5465-5467.
3136 Witness JF-035, T. 5410, 5465-5467. See P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 17.
3137 Witness JF-035, T. 5410, 5465-5466.
3138 P3179 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Milenko Popović), p. 11 (Hand-written
autobiography, Milenko Popović).
3139 D457 (Series of Serbian MUP RDB and SDB documents relating to Davor Subotić), p. 6 (biography signed
by Davor Subotić).
3140 P392 (Excerpt from Mladić notebook titled “Meeting with the political structures in Doboj”, 6 February
1993), p. 37.
3141 P375 (Curriculum vitae of witness Manojlo Milovanović), p. 2.
3142 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4432-4433, 4473-4475; P392 (Excerpt from Mladić notebook titled “Meeting with
the political structures in Doboj”, 6 February 1993), p. 37.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 564
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