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Abdić’s forces, the Serbian Special Police (200 men), the 39th SVK corps, the 15th SVK
corps, and the 1st and 2nd Krajina corps of the VRS. 4009 When serving in Pauk, members of
the 21st SVK corps were asked to remove their insignia. Other units engaged in Operation
Pauk did similarly. 4010
1963. Mladen Karan testified that among the groups temporarily re-subordinated to the
Pauk command were Tactical Group 3, consisting of 100 men under the command of Rajo
Božović, and Tactical Group 2, a brigade of 1000 Fikret Abdić men under the command of
Milorad Ulemek, a.k.a. Legija. 4011 The witness was informed by the Main Staff security
section that Legija had been sent to train Fikret Abdić’s forces at Milan Martić’s request.
Based on this information from his superiors and on the understanding that Legija was under
the command of the Vukovar Corps under General Dušan Lončar, the witness concluded that
Legija was a member of the 11th Corps. 4012 Tactical Groups 2 and 3 operated within the Pauk
context from May until the end of Operation Pauk in 1995, but the witness did not know
whether Božović and Legija remained until the end. 4013 The witness testified that the SDG and
the Skorpions were officially under the command of 11th Corps SVK, under General Bogdan
Sladojević and later General Dušan Lončar. 4014
1964. Aco Drača testified that the FRY sent a convoy with assistance in the form of
uniforms, food, and technical equipment, but no weapons were provided. Žika Ivanović, with
a group of about 10-15 men arrived with the convoy, and later Milorad Ulemek also came
with about 12 men; they were supposed to train Abdić’s forces. 4015 Another unit that arrived
with the convoy, which the witness believed was an anti-terrorist unit of the Serbian MUP,
was tasked with providing security to the facilities in Magarčevac and did not take part in
combat activities. 4016 The instructors that arrived with the convoy joined tactical groups on the
front; in the meantime Rajo Božović replaced Ivanović. 4017 The witness testified that at the
request of Milan Milanović, the 11th Corps sent the Skorpions and a group led by Ulemek to
Operation Pauk, but the 11th Corps did not send its own battalions to this operation. 4018 To the
4009 P224 (Slobodan Lazarević, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 29-31 October 2002), pp. 12357, 12422, 12426;
Slobodan Lazarević, T. 3295, 3303, 3404.
4010 P224 (Slobodan Lazarević, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 29-31 October 2002), pp. 12426-12428.
4011 Mladen Karan, T. 17811-17812, 17813-17814, 17888.
4012 Mladen Karan, T. 17728, 17812-17813.
4013 Mladen Karan, T. 17851, 17889.
4014 Mladen Karan, T. 17728-17730.
4015 Aco Drača, T. 16812-16815, 16829.
4016 Aco Drača, T. 16824-16825, 16830-16831.
4017 Aco Drača, T. 16816-16817.
4018 Aco Drača, T. 16881-16883.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 693
30 May 2013