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authority during their deployment in 1995. 3780 The Prosecution’s submissions are challenged
by the Stanišić Defence, arguing that the entries in Mladić’s notebooks from 29 and 30
September 1995 refer to the men sent from the Serbian MUP in the manner described by
Grekulović above. 3781 The Simatović Defence joined this submission with regard to exhibit
P2545, the entry of 30 September 1995. 3782
1879. The Trial Chamber considers the meaning of Mladić’s notebook entries to be
ambiguous, noting that they could be interpreted as referring to either the Serbian MUP forces
or the SDG. In addition, the Trial Chamber notes that Mladić’s notebook entry of 30
September 1995 (exhibit P2545) speaks of Arkan ‘embedding himself’ in the area. This
language indicates that Arkan was not deployed by Stanišić. Also, the entry continues to read
‘we sent 400 people’, suggesting that Arkan’s group is separate from the group of 400 men.
The Chamber has also received evidence indicating that the SDG came to Banja Luka
following an invitation or order by Radovan Karadžić. There is also evidence suggesting that
the SDG came on its own initiative to the area. The Trial Chamber considers the evidence on
the deployment of the SDG to the Banja Luka area inconclusive. Based on the foregoing, the
Trial Chamber considers there to be reasonable doubt as to whether the Accused organized
the involvement of the SDG in the Banja Luka operations in 1995.
1880. With regard to the financing of the SDG’s involvement in the Banja Luka operations,
considering the payment lists summarised above, the Trial Chamber finds that a number of
SDG members who participated in the Banja Luka operations, including Mihajlo Ulemek,
Mladen Šarac, and Rade Rakonjac, received financial support from the Serbian DB. This is
consistent with the Trial Chamber’s findings in chapter 6.4.5 about the Serbian DB’s
financing of the SDG in 1994 and 1995 outside of particular operations. Based on the
foregoing and the evidence of Witness JF-057, the Trial Chamber finds that the Serbian DB
financed the involvement of the SDG in the Banja Luka operations in 1995. The Trial
Chamber further finds that the names of SDG members appear on the same JATD payment
lists on which the names of JATD members, such as Radojica Božović, Davor Subotić, and
others, 3783 can be found. It further finds that these payment lists are signed by Milan Radonjić.
Recalling its finding in chapter 6.3.2 that Milan Radonjić held a command position within the
JATD and that the JATD was a unit of the Serbian DB subordinate to the Accused at the
3780 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 665.
3781 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, paras 1237-1245.
3782 Simatović Defence Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 1131, 1136.
3783 For the Trial Chamber’s finding on the membership of these individuals in the JATD see chapter 6.3.2.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 661
30 May 2013