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Pelević, Witness C-015, Witness JF-029, Dušan Knežević, Gvozden Gagić, and Witness JF-
035.
1774. Much of the evidence received indicates links between the SDG and the SAO SBWS
TO, and links between the SDG and the JNA.
1775. In an undated video excerpt, Arkan told the interviewer that his unit was under
command of the TO of the SAO SBWS, and that the TO was under the command of the
armed forces of the JNA. 3538 According to an order dated 21 September 1991, Hadžić
appointed Arkan as a TO centre Erdut commander as of that same date. 3539
1776. According to Borislav Pelević, the SDG was initially under the command of the SAO
SBWS TO. 3540 Consequently, Arkan was subordinate to the SAO SBWS TO Commander,
Radovan Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža, who visited the training centre in Erdut very frequently, and
the witness personally saw him on a number of occasions at the centre. 3541 Arkan and General
Biorčević told Pelević that in late 1991 the SDG had carried out several military operations in
cooperation with the JNA. 3542 At that time, the SDG received orders from JNA corps
commander General Bratić, later replaced by General Biorčević. 3543
1777. Witness C-015, a Serb from Croatia, 3544 testified that in 1991, Arkan agreed to wear
the insignia of the Serb TO, and that he was engaged in military operations on the Vukovar
front under the operational command of the JNA. Witness C-015 also testified that “on paper”
Arkan was subordinated to the TO, but in reality, he was not under anyone’s control. The
witness testified that Arkan complied with the commands of 12th Novi Sad Corp commander
General Andrija Biorčević, but that when the latter left, Arkan “no longer complied with any
commands”. 3545
1778. Witness JF-029, who was a high-ranking official in the SAO SBWS and RSK MoD
from 1991 to April 1996, 3546 testified that in 1991, Arkan’s unit was under the command of
3538 D196 (Video of interview with Arkan).
3539 D339 (Order of appointment by Hadžić, 21 September 1991).
3540 Borislav Pelević, T. 16374, 16524; P3067 (Report compiled for the Crime Police Administration-Service for
Discovering War Crimes, MUP Republic of Serbia, on Borislav Pelević, 17 February 2010), pp. 2-3.
3541 Borislav Pelević, T. 16337, 16339, 16497-16498, 16500, 16524, 16623-16624.
3542 Borislav Pelević, T. 16336, 16516-16517, 16520.
3543 Borislav Pelević, T. 16336.
3544 P2 (Witness C-015, witness statement, 13 May 1999), p. 2; P3 (Witness C-015, supplementary witness
statement, 24 January 2001), p 1.
3545 Witness C-015, T. 1663-1665, 1714.
3546 Witness JF-029, T. 10004-10007, 10083, 10089, 10156; P1665 (Pseudonym sheet, Witness JF-029); P1668
(Table of documents reviewed by Witness JF-029 with comments, 7 December 2010), pp. 5, 8-9, 11; P1678
(Order appointing Witness JF-029 to a position within the MoD, signed by Goran Hadžić on behalf of Ilija
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