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Ulemek. 4026
Medić. 4027
According to the witness, Ulemek had a higher position of authority than
1967. Witness JF-029 testified that the RSK President and the SVK Main Staff deployed up
to 35 SVK units from the SAO SBWS, which he said included the Skorpions, in cycles to
assist SVK units in the southern Knin part of the Krajina and the VRS in Bihać, Kladuša, and
Trnovo. 4028 While in Bihać, they were commanded by General Mile Novaković, commander
of Operation Pauk, and the headquarters were in Kladuša. 4029 From 1994 to 1995, the
Skorpions participated in Operation Pauk in Velika Kladuša, Bihać, in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
led by General Lončar and under the command of General Novaković. 4030 The witness
testified that he had no information about the role of the Serbian MUP in this operation. 4031
After a short time, the witness observed that all 300 men of the Skorpions unit became sick
and Medić, in agreement with Novaković, ordered the unit to withdraw from Operation
Pauk. 4032
1968. Petar Djukić testified that the RSK had an agreement with the Bosnian-Serb Republic
to supply operations in support of Western Bosnia and Fikret Abdić. 4033 The SVK 11th Corps
sent the Skorpions to Kordun to reinforce Abdić. 4034
1969. The Trial Chamber will now consider the evidence regarding the deployment and the
participation of the SDG in Operation Pauk. In this respect, Witness JF-057, a Serb from
Serbia, 4035 testified that on 4 and 18 November 1994, Arkan gathered men from the former
SDG at the Belgrade headquarters. 4036 Arkan later told the witness that around 4 November
1994, Frenki had told him that Arkan needed men to re-supply his unit to assist in a
mission. 4037 Each of the men who arrived at the headquarters had to turn in their personal ID’s
and belongings, which would be recorded and kept for them until they returned. 4038 The SDG
4026 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), para. 62.
4027 Witness JF-024, T. 11035.
4028 Witness JF-029, T. 10128-10129, 10159-10161, 10173, 10194.
4029 Witness JF-029, T. 10128-10129.
4030 Witness JF-029, T. 10050, 10129; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on
24 October 2006), pp. 96-97.
4031 Witness JF-029, T. 10050-10051.
4032 Witness JF-029, T. 10129-10130.
4033 Petar Djukić, T. 18046.
4034 Petar Djukić, T. 17995, 18040.
4035 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 2.
4036 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 3; Witness JF-057, T. 9359-9360, 9455.
4037 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 3; 1618 (Witness JF-057, Prior testimony), p.
19460.
4038 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 3; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), p. 6; Witness JF-057, T. 9359-9360.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 695
30 May 2013