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witness and others were informed that the operation would involve VJ special units (63rd,
68th, and 72nd Brigade), the VRS, and the Serbian MUP (PJM and Red Berets). 3304 The
witness testified that during the 11 March 1993 attack on Osmaće and the 20 March 1993
attack on Poznanovići, he went to the Bosnian side of Bajina Bašta where he saw the Red
Beret unit of Božović, wearing combat uniforms and red berets, and VRS soldiers. 3305
1667. Witness JF-053, a former member and Platoon Commander of the PJM, 3306 testified
that at the end of the training at Mount Tara, around 1 or 2 March 1993, the Commander of
the Užice PJM battalion, Branko Prljevic and someone from the VJ ordered that the witness
and his unit be deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina. 3307 The operation involved units from the VJ
and PJM units. 3308 According to the witness, the PJM unit deployed in this operation included
members of the Red Berets. 3309 The witness estimated there were about thirty Red Berets
deployed along the border. 3310
1668. Witness JF-033, a member of the VJ in 1992 and 1993, 3311 testified that in January
1993, the 72nd Brigade went to Kremna. 3312 The next day, Mrkšić, Stupar, and Ojdanić, the
commander of the Užice Corps, told them that they were assigned to liberate a village in
Eastern Bosnia. 3313 Mrkšić gave a speech, saying that Bosnian Muslims had taken the town of
Skelani and that the area had to be cleansed of Muslims, because Serbia was in danger, and
Ojdanić said that the Užice Corps would provide artillery support, food, and ammunition from
Serbia. 3314 Upon crossing the Drina river into Bosnia-Herzegovina, the witness and his unit
took off their VJ caps and patches, and put on VRS insignia. When they arrived in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, the approximately 200 soldiers met a Bosnian Serb guide and walked to Skelani
where they met up with the 63rd Parachute Brigade. 3315 The witness further testified that
during the operations in Eastern Bosnia, he never saw any state security units. 3316
3304 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), paras 51, 57.
3305 P2091 (Witness JF-030, witness statement, 21 August 2003), para. 60.
3306 Witness JF-053, T. 10814.
3307 P2108 (Witness JF-053, witness statement, 15 February 2008), paras 10-11.
3308 P2108 (Witness JF-053, witness statement, 15 February 2008), para. 12; Witness JF-053, T. 10763-10764,
10774-10775, 10781.
3309 Witness JF-053, T. 10763-10764, 10774-10775, 10781.
3310 Witness JF-053, T. 10775.
3311 P431 (Witness JF-033, prior transcript, 2-3 September 2003), pp. 11-12, 15; P432 (Pseudonym sheet of
Witness JF-033 in previous case).
3312 P431 (Witness JF-033, prior transcript, 2-3 September 2003), pp. 18-19.
3313 P431 (Witness JF-033, prior transcript, 2-3 September 2003), pp. 19-20; Witness JF-033, T.5009-5010.
3314 P431 (Witness JF-033, prior transcript, 2-3 September 2003), pp. 20, 98-99.
3315 P431 (Witness JF-033, prior transcript, 2-3 September 2003), pp. 20-21; Witness JF-033, T. 5011, 5015.
3316 Witness JF-033, T. 5022, 5064.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 589
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