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also have been subordinate to the VRS Skelani Battalion. 3296 In order to fully consider this
argument, the Trial Chamber finally turns to evidence it has received in relation to the Joint
Staff at Tara, Operation Udar, and Tactical Group 1.
1664. On 28 February 1993, Mladić, Chief of the VJ General Staff Panić, Commander
Ojdanić of the Uzice Corps, Franko Simatović, and two unidentified men from the MUP
attended a meeting at Mount Tara to plan Operation Udar. 3297 In his notes, Mladić indicated
that the MUP troops were to be part of TG-1, which was subordinated to Mrkšić. 3298 The Trial
Chamber refers to further evidence regarding Operation Udar, as reviewed in chapter 6.9,
according to which Operation Udar lasted between 14 February and 25 April 1993 and
resulted in the “liberation” of Serbian territories in the area of central Podrinje.
1665. On 25 May 1993, a Republic of Serbia MUP Detachment for Special Purposes (JPN)
Officer issued a certificate approving the transfer of several commodities seized as “war
bounty” from Skelani. The certficate followed an order issued by the Tactical Group
Commander General Mile Mrkšić on 12 March 1993. 3299
1666. Witness JF-030, a former Serb MUP officer, 3300 testified that at the beginning of
March 1993, General Mrkšić and Colonel Milorad Stupar informed the commanders of the
72nd Brigade that the Bosnian Army had 3,000 to 4,000 persons operating in and around
Srebrenica municipality, with some kind of headquarters in the area of Osmaće and
Poznanovići. Mrkšić and Stupar told them that the VRS was “engaged to neutralise” the
territory and needed their support. 3301 On 7 March 1993, the witness and his battalion
travelled to Fackovići on the Bosnian side of the River Drina. On the Serbia-Bosnia border
near Bačevac, they put on VRS patches. 3302 The witness testified that Stupar informed him
that Serbian PJM units and Rajo Božović’s Red Berets unit from the Bajina Bašta area would
support the VJ operation with mortar fire. 3303 On 10 March 1993, the witness saw Stupar,
Mrkšić, Mladić, and Colonel Lisica of the VRS at a meeting in Fackovići, where the witness
was briefed on plans to launch an offensive in the area of Osmaće and Poznanovići. The
3296 Stanišić Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2013, paras 898-906.
3297 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4434, 4436-4438; P392 (Excerpt from Mladić notebook titled “Plan of action in
Operation Udar”, 28 February 1993), p. 3; P393 (Excerpt of P392 with “Udar” marked by witness Milovanović).
3298 P392 (Excerpt from Mladić notebook titled “Plan of action in Operation Udar”, 28 February 1993), p. 4;
P433 (Chart of VJ Special Forces Corps and their involvement in the attack on Skelani, 1993).
3299 P1442 (Certificate approving transfer of war bounty from Skelane, 25 May 1993).
3300 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), p. 1, paras 4, 37.
3301 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), para. 44.
3302 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), para. 47.
3303 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), paras 48-49, 51; Witness JF-030, T. 10696-
10697; Witness JF-030, T. 10696-10697, 10740.
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