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Arkan and asked him “what did your fool do?” 4059 Mihajlo Ulemek was then called to go to
Arkan’s office, where Arkan yelled at him. 4060
1974. The Trial Chamber has also received evidence from two witnesses in relation to the
SDG’s involvement in Operation Pauk. Witness JF-035, a Serb from Bosnia-
Herzegovina, 4061 testified that in mid-August 1994, Arkan gathered approximately 50 former
SDG members and former members of the Super Tigers at his main office in his headquarters
based in a villa opposite the Crvena Zvezda football stadium in Belgrade. On arrival, their ID
documents were taken away. 4062 Witness JF-035 testified that it was standard procedure for
the Serbian MUP to request this when Arkan’s men were sent to the front line. 4063 Witness JF-
035 testified that Arkan told the men they would be placed under a new command, but he did
not reveal any details at that stage. He emphasised that they were not to reveal that they were
Arkan’s men to anyone. The group would be commanded by Milorad Ulemek, a.k.a.
Legija. 4064 The operation they would be involved in was Operation Pauk. 4065
1975. Several days after their training at the Red Berets Training Centre at Mount Tara,
Arkan’s men were put into buses again and were sent back to Belgrade. From Belgrade, a
column including some ten buses (carrying equipment and personnel), and police cars went to
Petrova Gora. 4066 Arkan’s men crossed the border on a bridge, despite the embargo. 4067 A
person with the nickname “Frenki”, who the witness was told was the leading or main
commander of the Red Berets, had his headquarters located close to a World War Two
memorial centre called Partisan Hospital. 4068 Arkan’s men spent two nights there. They were
re-issued military equipment and received red berets with a badge with a sword and four
4059 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 5; P1618 (Witness JF-057, Prior
testimony), p. 19580; P1619 (Witness JF-057, Memorandum of amendments made to prior statements and
testimony, 22 November 2010), p. 1.
4060 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 5; Witness JF-057, T. 9362-9363.
4061 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 2; P495 (Witness JF-035, supplemental
witness statement, 6 May 2001), p. 1; P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 22-23 October
2002), p. 12231.
4062 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 16; P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), p. 12192; Witness JF-035, T. 5415-5416, 5435.
4063 Witness JF-035, T. 5415.
4064 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 16.
4065 P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), p. 12203; Witness JF-035, T.
5419-5420.
4066 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 17; P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), pp. 12193-12196.
4067 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 17; P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), p. 12195.
4068 P494 (Witness JF-035, witness statement, 18 October 2000), p. 17; P496 (Witness JF-035, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 22-23 October 2002), p. 12197; Witness JF-035, T. 5418-5419.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 698
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