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Knin. 3433 The biography of Milorad Marinković of the Republic of Serbia JSO referred to the
Poskok Detachment as belonging to the JATD of the MUP of Serbia, and the JSO curriculum
vitae of Jugoslav Kesić from 1999 described it as the JATD Poskok Detachment. 3434
Following the advancement of the Croatian forces in the SRK in early August 1995, the
Poskok Detachment moved to Ilok. 3435 Documentary evidence further referred to Miloš
Opačić as a member of the Poskok Detachment around 1995. 3436
1724. Documentary evidence indicates that, in 1996, the Poskok detachment trained at the
Lipovica JATD facility and that assistant commander of the JATD Zoran Raić issued orders
to the Poskok detachment and sent recommendations to Franko Simatović and Milan
Radonjić regarding the assignments of Miloš Opačić and Goran Opačić within the Poskok
Detachment. 3437
1725. The Trial Chamber has reviewed evidence in chapter 6.3.2 that Jugoslav Kesić and
Veljko Gaćeša received training at the Golubić camp in mid-1991. The Trial Chamber further
recalls the evidence reviewed in chapter 6.3.2 that at the start of the Kula ceremony in 1997,
Colonel Žika Ivanović introduced Colonel Goran Opačić as one of the unit’s veteran officers
and that, at the end of the Kula ceremony, Jovica Stanišić presented an award of valour to
Goran Opačić.
1726. According to the Serbian MUP Novi Sad Dispatch of 7 January 1996, after the fall of
the RSK, the Poskok Detachment, including Jovo Marković, was engaged in the defence of
the Srem-Baranja District. 3438
3433 P2811 (Biography of Milorad Marinković); P2826 (Curriculum Vitae, Jugoslav Kesić, Belgrade, 26 October
1991); P2831 (Form for Jugoslav Kesić); P2832 (Curriculum Vitae of Željko Mandić, 26 January 2000), p. 2;
P2833 (Curriculum Vitae of Željko Mandić), p. 1; P2839 (Poskok detachment candidate questionnaire, Veljko
Gaćeša).
3434 P2811 (Biography of Milorad Marinković); P2826 (Curriculum Vitae, Jugoslav Kesić, Belgrade, 26 October
1991).
3435 This conclusion is based on the place and date indicated in the heading of the following documents: P2812
(Biographical note of Jovo Mirković, 6 December 1995); P2813 (Personal history of Nikica Miljević, 6
December 1995).
3436 P2823 (Official Note from the SDB JSO Counter Intelligence, Intelligence and Security Department, signed
by Voja Sovilj, 20 March 1997); P2824 (Personal history of Miloš Opačić, a candidate for an apartment in Kula,
23 March 1998); P2845 (List of personal equipment and weapons issued to Miloš Opačić); P2846 (Statement
signed by candidate Miloš Opačić of the Poskok Detachment).
3437 P2757 (Official Note from the DB JATD Centre to Deputy Commander M. Radonjić, signed by Aleksandar
Nikić, 12 March 1996); P3108 (Recommendation to establish commanding personnel in the Poskok Detachment
signed by assistant commander of the JATD Zoran Raić, 11 March 1996). Considering the JATD Lipovica
facility, see further chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Pajzoš camp in 1995.
3438 P2815 (Serbian MUP Novi Sad Dispatch of 7 January 1997, signed by Milan Popivoda, Chief of Centre).
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