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Major Gavrilović, a.k.a. Brne, and Arkan’s men, who were led by Peja. According to the
report, radical “Chetniks” led by Vojvoda (or Duke) Mirko Blagojević and his associate Mile
(Bolero) Gatarević were active in parts of Burić brdo, Ciganluk, and Brčko town. The report
blamed bad organization for creating a situation that led to murders by out-of-control
individuals of Arkan’s unit. According to the report, Simo Radovanović (Captain Dragan’s
instructor) suggested to the civilian authorities to transport the corpses to a safe location in
order to prevent information from spreading. 3698
1848. The Trial Chamber also received evidence with regard to Arkan and the SDG’s
involvement in Zvornik. Borislav Pelević, a member of the SDG since 10 January 1992, 3699
testified that following the take-over of Bijeljina, Biljana Plavšić insisted on proceeding
towards Zvornik, because Serbs were under the threat of Muslim forces that had organized
themselves. 3700
1849. Witness JF-026, a Bosnian Serb from Zvornik, 3701 testified that during Biljana
Plavšić’s first visit to the Crisis Staff offices in the Alhos factory in April 1992, she asked for
Arkan to be brought to Zvornik. 3702 Witness JF-026 further testified that the Zvornik Crisis
Staff requested the assistance of, among others, the parliamentary assembly committee for
Serbs outside Serbia led by Bogdanović. 3703 The Crisis Staff was instructed to contact
Radoslav Kostić. 3704 Kostić informed the Crisis Staff that Arkan’s unit was in Bijeljina and
suggested that it notify Arkan about the situation in Zvornik and request his help. 3705 On 3 or
4 April 1992, a Zvornik Crisis Staff delegation went to the Bijeljina cultural centre called
“Dom kultura” to request Arkan for assistance with the situation in Zvornik. 3706 After hearing
3697 Jovan Dimitrijević, T. 16099-16100, 16109, 16288.
3698 P1432 (Intelligence Report concerning crimes committed during the take-over of Brčko, signed by Simeun
Čuturić, 29 September 1992), pp. 1-3.
3699 Borislav Pelević, T. 16319, 16321-16322, 16515.
3700 Borislav Pelević, T. 16351, 16479.
3701 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 1; P1654 (Pseudonym sheet for
Witness JF-026); P2507 (Background information on Witness JF-026).
3702 D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 15024-15025, 15031; Witness JF-026, T.
9744.
3703 Witness JF-026, T. 9679-9680, 9745, 9821-9822.
3704 P1701 (Witness JF-026, Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), p. 21913; Witness JF-026,
T. 9680, 9745.
3705 P1701 (Witness JF-026, Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), p. 21913; Witness JF-026,
T. 9680-9681, 9745, 9823.
3706 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 50; P1701 (Witness JF-026, Milošević
transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21195-21196; D215 (Witness JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13
January 2010), pp. 14933-14934, 15024; Witness JF-026, T. 9682, 9819-9820.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 649
30 May 2013