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reference to the Serbian MUP in the context of this sub-chapter does not refer to the DB part
of the Serbian MUP.
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992 (Bijeljina and Zvornik)
1841. With regard to the Prosecution’s allegation that the Accused organized, supplied,
financed, and supported the involvement of the SDG in Bosnia- Herzegovina in 1992, the
Trial Chamber has taken judicial notice of Adjudicated Facts and received evidence from
Witness JF-057, Jovan Dimitrijević, Borislav Pelević, and Witness JF-026, as well as through
documentary matierials. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution argues that a relationship
existed between the Accused and Kostić and Radmilo Bogdanović, through whom the
Accused sent the SDG to Zvornik after the take-over of Bijeljina. 3683 The Stanišić Defence, in
its Final Trial Brief, submits that the Prosecution has not shown that Stanišić provided
instructions or orders to Kostić, or that Kostić’s actions were in furtherance of any Serbian
DB policy. 3684 In this respect the Stanišić Defence contests the evidence of Witness JF-026,
that Kostić played a role in sending the SDG to Zvornik, and with regard to his testimony that
Bogdanović sent the witness to see Kostić about weapons. 3685 In its Final Trial Brief, the
Simatović Defence submits that Biljana Plavšić requested that Arkan go to Bijeljina and that
she then insisted that he go on to Zvornik and that Simatović was not involved with Arkan’s
arrival or activities in the territory. 3686
1842. According to the Adjudicated Facts, paramilitary forces operated in conjunction with
the JNA and were used as infantry shock troops to make up for declining numbers in the
regular army. They included Željko Ražnjatović’s Serbian Volunteer Guard (later known as
“Arkan’s Tigers”) and Vojislav Šešelj’s Četniks, both of which came to be particularly feared
by the Muslim population for their brutality and indiscipline. 3687 The Trial Chamber also
recalls the Adjudicated Facts about the JNA arming paramilitaries in 1991 and 1992, as set
out above in the SAO SBWS sub-chapter.
1843. With regard to the involvement of the SDG in Bijeljina and Zvornik in 1992, according
to the Adjudicated Facts, local SDS boards, crisis staffs, and regional (SAO) governments
often invited and assisted paramilitary groups. 3688 This occurred, for example, with the
3683 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 658.
3684 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, para. 734.
3685 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 730-733, 736-737.
3686 Simatović Defence Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 530-551.
3687 Adjudicated facts I, fact 201.
3688 Adjudicated facts IV, fact 161.
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