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Momčilo Krajišnik, Arkan stated that he had come on Karadžić’s orders, but Karadžić did not
confirm this when asked. Arkan did not produce the order at the time, nor did Milovanović
ever see the order. 3733 Witness JF-010, a Serb from a village in Sanski Most municipality, 3734
testified that Arkan had come to Sanski Most in 1995 following an invitation from the top of
the SDS. 3735
1865. On 23 September 1995, VRS Main Staff Commander Ratko Mladić reported to the
Bosnian-Serb Republic MUP that SDG formations, known as Tigers, under the command of
Arkan, were present in the 2nd Krajina Corps’s area. The Tigers were paramilitary formations
acting independently of the VRS. The Tigers physically abused and kidnapped VRS members
at command posts, disarmed parts of units, and confiscated materials. According to the report,
Arkan was in possession of a decision by Karadžić empowering him to arrest, question, and
incarcerate men fit for military service. The Tigers forcibly inducted VRS members into their
ranks and recruited them with promises of a 600 dinar salary, a 10,000 dinar compensation if
they were to get wounded, and unemployment and health insurance through the Serbian MUP.
Mladić requested that Karadžić revoke Arkan’s power to arrest VRS members and civilians
and that the MUP take measures against Arkan and his formations for their crimes against
VRS members and civilians, since Arkan had identified himself as a member of the Serbian
and the Bosnian-Serb Republic MUP. 3736 Manojlo Milovanović testified that Mladić made
this request despite not knowing if the order did in fact exist. 3737
1866. Borislav Pelević testified that in September and October 1995, about 200 SDG
members, under Arkan’s command, participated in combat in the Banja Luka Krajina. 3738 The
witness visited Arkan in Banja Luka in mid-October 1995, and learnt that Arkan was a
member of the staff of the associated forces, or joint command, for the VRS. 3739 Exhibit D140
was shown to the witness in this respect, a letter signed by the Deputy Minister Kovač of the
3733 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4397-4398, 4497-4498; P377 (Clip from video “The Unit”), pp. 17-18.
3734 P262 (Witness JF-010, Milošević transcript, 1-5 May 2003), pp. 19834-19835, 20029, 20077; P261
(Pseudonym sheet for Witness JF-010); P263 (Background information on Witness JF-010).
3735 Witness JF-010, T. 3775, 3777, 3809; P282 (BBC world news footage depicting Arkan’s soldiers arriving in
Sanski Most); P283 (Video depicting Arkan stating that the Serbian Volunteer Guard is 800 metres from
Muslim-occupied Ključ).
3736 P289 (Report to Bosnian-Serb Republic MUP and Bosnian-Serb Republic President on presence of Serbian
Volunteer Guards, Ratko Mladić, 23 September 1995), pp. 2-3.
3737 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4608.
3738 Borislav Pelević, T. 16433-16434, 16603-16604, 16606, 16633; D666 (Video of a speech by Borislav
Pelević at the SDG anniversary event on 10 October 1995).
3739 Borislav Pelević, T. 16434-16435, 16450, 16604-16605.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 655
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