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lists, the name of Dragan “Kajman” Petrović is recorded. 3773 Kajman is referred to by Witness
JF-027 to have participated in the Banja Luka operations. 3774
1877. The Trial Chamber has also received and reviewed general evidence on the
responsibility for organizing, supporting, and financing the SDG’s involvement in the Banja
Luka operations. According to Borislav Pelević, on 10 October 1995, the SDG held an event
in Erdut to celebrate its anniversary. 3775 The anniversary was attended by SDG General
Marko Pejić, known as Peja, as well as by Serbian MUP PJP unit commander Obrad
Stevanović. 3776 On 22 October 1995, after the events in Banja Luka, President Radovan
Karadžić sent thank-you notes to the SDG, as well as to commander Arkan personally. 3777 On
30 May 1996, Arkan was decorated by Radovan Karadžić with the Medal of Karadjordje’s
Star, the highest decoration of the Bosnian-Serb Republic. 3778
1878. With regard to the organization of the involvement of the SDG in the Banja Luka
operations, the Trial Chamber considers that around September 1995, the SDG went from
Erdut to Banja Luka. While Milovanović suggests that Arkan came uninvited to the theatre of
conflict in Ključ on around 16 September 1995 to join the VRS in combat, he notes that
Arkan himself claims to have come on Karadžić’s orders. This claim is supported by Witness
JF-010, who testified that the SDG came to Sanski Most following an invitation of the top
echelon of the SDS. Nevertheless, on 29 September 1995, an entry in Mladić’s notebook
reads “Jovica Stanišić is angry about something (he gave us 300 of his men and the US is
begrudging us for having advertised Arkan)”. On 30 September 1995, Mladić recorded
Stanišić stating that “Arkan has embedded himself there, we sent 400 people. As far as I have
been informed, it helped both in Sanski Most and Novi Grad”. In its Final Trial Brief, the
Prosecution argues that the latter note shows that Stanišić sent Arkan and the SDG to Bosnia-
Herzegovina in 1995. 3779 The Prosecution further suggests that the notebook entry from 29
September 1995 indicates that Arkan’s men worked under the cover of Serbian MUP
3773 P348 (List of Employees Paid Daily Spending Allowance, signed by JATD Commander Milan Radonjić, 10
August, 1995), p. 36; P543 (List of individuals receiving daily allowances for the period 1 September to 15
September 1995 issued by the Serbian MUP-RDB), pp. 6, 8.
3774 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), paras 31-32.
3775 Borislav Pelević, T. 16449-16452; D666 (Video of a speech by Borislav Pelević at the SDG anniversary
event on 10 October 1995).
3776 Borislav Pelević, T. 16451, 16623.
3777 Borislav Pelević, T. 16456; D668 (Certificate of appreciation to the Serbian Volunteer Guards, signed by
Radovan Karadžić, 22 October 1995).
3778 Borislav Pelević, T. 16457; D669 (Certificate decorating Željko Ražnatović with the Medal of Karadjordje
Star, signed by Radovan Karadžić, 30 May 1996).
3779 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 595.
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