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member Vasilije Mijović 3418 arrived in the Baranja region in mid-1995, where he commanded
a JATD unit which had its headquarters in Bilje.
1718. The Trial Chamber now turns to whether the Accused directed and organized the
financing, training, logistical support, or any other substantial assistance to the JATD in Bilje
in 1995. The Trial Chamber considers that Mijović’s name appears on several of the JATD
payment lists from mid-1995 and the report on the transfer of salaries, materiel and technical
equipment from Belgrade to the JATD unit in Bilje 3419 set out above. On the basis of the
foregoing and recalling its findings in chapter 6.3.2, the Trial Chamber finds that the Accused
organized the financing of the JATD in Bilje in 1995 and provided other substantial assistance
in the form of supplies and equipment to the same unit,
1719. The Trial Chamber now turns to the training of other groups in Bilje in 1995. The Trial
Chamber considers Witness JF-036’s testimony that the JATD in Baranja were tasked with
training and recruiting men for military service and had several training centres in the Baranja
area. Mijović’s JATD report 3420 provides that soldiers trained by the JATD unit were placed
under the Baranja Division Command. Finally, in a TV interview 3421 Mijović stated that he
was responsible for training soldiers for combat operations, who would go on to serve in the
Special Police Brigade of the RSK. Based on the foregoing, the Trial Chamber finds that the
JATD unit commanded by Vasilije Mijović provided military training to a number of persons
who went on to serve in the SVK Baranja Division. Recalling the findings in chapter 6.3.2,
the Trial Chamber finds that the Accused directed and organized the military training of
persons who went on to serve in the SVK Baranja Division.
Sova camp and the Poskok Detachment, June 1995
1720. The Trial Chamber now turns to the Sova camp in 1995. The Trial Chamber will
review whether the Accused directed and organized the financing and training of the JATD at
the Sova camp in 1995.
1721. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution submits that around June 1995, at the Serbian
MUP DB Sova camp near Knin, members of the Red Berets assembled and trained the
Poskok Detachment. 3422 In early August 1995, the Poskok Detachment moved to Pajzoš. 3423
3418 The Trial Chamber recalls its findings that Vasilije Mijović was a member of the Unit in chapter 6.3.3 in
relation to the Brčko camp, including after it was formalized as the JATD, as set out in chapter 6.3.2.
3419 In evidence as part of D1623.
3420 In evidence as exhibit D1623, reviewed in chapter 6.5.3.
3421 In evidence as exhibit P355.
3422 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 284-286, 367.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 607
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