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Zvornik. In light of the above discussion on these witnesses’ reliability, the Trial Chamber is
unable to conclude with sufficient certainty who organized the SDG’s involvement in
Zvornik. The Trial Chamber received insufficient evidence to conclude that the Accused
organized the involvement of the SDG in Zvornik in 1992. The Trial Chamber finds that
without further evidence, the mere fact that the Accused were involved with the SDG at a
later stage does not affect this finding.
Banja Luka 1995
1861. The Indictment states that the Accused organized, supplied, financed, and supported
the involvement of the SDG in the Banja Luka operations. 3718 In this regard, the Trial
Chamber has received evidence from Witness JF-057, Borislav Pelević, Manojlo
Milovanović, Srđan Grekulović, Witness JF-050, and Witness JF-010, in addition to
documentary evidence as set out below. In this sub-chapter, the Trial Chamber will also
consider whether the Accused organized, supplied, financed, and supported the involvement
of a special unit of the Serbian MUP – the PJPs – during the Banja Luka operations.
1862. On 16 April 1994, Željko Ražnjatović, as Commander of the SDG and President of the
Party for Serbian Unity, wrote to Bosnian-Serb Republic President Radovan Karadžić,
expressing support to resistance against NATO and USA forces and stating that the SDG were
ready to protect Serbian people and were expecting Karadžić’s call to join the Bosnian-Serb
Republic forces in protecting the Serbian nationality and Orthodoxy. 3719
1863. The Trial Chamber has reviewed a number of testimonies relevant to determine
whether the Accused organized the involvement of the SDG in the Banja Luka operations in
1995, alongside notes and reports by Ratko Mladić considering events relevant to the same.
Witness JF-057 testified that around September 1995, Arkan and about 300-400 people went
from Erdut to Banja Luka. 3720 If something important was going on and provided that Arkan
was not in Banja Luka, Arkan met with Simatović almost every day during the Banja Luka
operation in 1995. The witness testified that during this time they met three times per week on
3718 Indictment, para. 7. The Indictment alleges that the Accused had responsibility for the special units of the
Republic of Serbia DB and organized, supplied, financed and supported their involvement in particular
operations in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina.
3719 D29 (Party for Serbian Unity letter to Radovan Karadžić, Željko Ražnjatović, 16 April 1994).
3720 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 5; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), pp. 8-9; Witness JF-057, T. 9374, 9385; P1620 (Charts of exhibits commented on by Witness
JF-057, 22 November 2010), p. 4.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 653
30 May 2013