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1797. The witness testified that Arkan ordered the Zvornik Crisis Staff to get ready to attack
Zvornik. 3602 The decision to attack Zvornik was reached on 7 April 1992, and Arkan and
Marko Pejić, a.k.a. Peja, his deputy in Zvornik, ordered the Crisis Staff to launch the
operation. 3603 After this decision, the number of volunteers coming to Zvornik increased, and
in total, more than 100 volunteers arrived. 3604 Most of them were from neighbouring
municipalities in Serbia, in particular Mali Zvornik, Loznica, and Ljubovija. 3605
1798. The witness testified that immediately before the clash in Zvornik on 8 April 1992,
there was a meeting on the military take-over of Zvornik, which included Marko Pavlović,
General Savo Janković of the Tuzla Corps, and Colonel Tačić in Hotel Jezero in Mali
Zvornik. Arkan’s men were provided with tanks, artillery and mortars by the JNA, in
particular by the battalion of the 336th motorised brigade, under the command of Dragan
Obrenović, which also participated in the take-over. 3606 A daily report on combat activities by
the General Staff of the Armed Forces, dated 12 April 1992, listed a loss of three of Arkan’s
men under the section dealing with activities during combat in the 1st military district. 3607
Witness JF-026 confirmed that Arkan’s group acted as a part of JNA forces in 1992. 3608
Nonetheless, when Arkan or his deputy Pejić walked in or out of the room, Captain Obrenović
and other army officers, as well as members of the Crisis Staff stood at attention, some of
them also being slapped by Arkan during his visits. 3609 The army officers’ complaint about
Arkan’s arrogant behaviour, however, led to an intervention with the General Staff and to
Colonel Tačić’s order for Arkan to leave Zvornik, with which Arkan immediately
complied. 3610
3602 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 57; P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), p. 21865.
3603 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 58; P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21199, 21870; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj
transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 14935-14936.
3604 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 58; P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21200, 21868; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj
transcript, 12-13 January 2010), p. 14937.
3605 P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21200,
21868; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 14936-14937; Witness JF-026, T.
9786.
3606 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 59; Witness JF-026, T. 9827-9830,
9847.
3607 D158 (Daily report on combat and other activities in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th military district, Dragoljub
Ilić, 12 April 1992), p. 1
3608 Witness JF-026, T. 9751-9752; D158 (Daily report on combat and other activities in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and
4th military district, Dragoljub Ilić, 12 April 1992), p. 1.
3609 P1701 (Witness JF-026, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21204-
21205, 21865-21866; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 14997-14998; Witness
JF-026, T. 9833, 9849-9850.
3610 Witness JF-026, T. 9833, 9849; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13 January 2010), p. 14999.
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