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1988. The Trial Chamber will now move to consider further evidence concerning the
involvement of the Accused in Operation Pauk. Slobodan Lazarević testified that he was on
the ground and could observe that any police structure on the ground in the RSK, including
the Pauk commanders, were ultimately responsible to Jovica Stanišić. 4136 Simatović and
Rajko Božović were Stanišić’s direct subordinates and “right hands”. 4137
1989. Witness JF-027 further testified that in early May 1995, he observed a man who the
other officers referred to as “Frenki”, at the headquarters of Abdić’s army in Velika
Kladuša. 4138 The man met Božović and Legija, who addressed him as “Boss”. The witness
later recognized this man as Franko Simatović when he saw him in the media at or just after
the end of the war, around late 1995 or early 1996. 4139 On one occasion, the witness saw a
Red Beret officer in Velika Kladuša, who other members told him was called Vaso Mijović
who held a high position, superior to Božović’s. 4140 Sometime between early May and August
1995, Legija went to Petrova Gora, where he told the witness he met “the Boss”, which the
witness understood to mean Franko Simatović. 4141 The witness learnt that Božović had also
been present at that meeting. 4142 The witness believed Simatović was the commander of the
Red Berets. 4143 Members of the SDG told the witness that on several occasions, Legija and
Božović went to Belgrade by helicopter and met with Simatović and Jovica Stanišić. 4144
Legija also met Abdić in Velika Kladuša. 4145 The witness further testified, based on what
Legija told him, that Legija attended some meetings with Novaković. 4146
1990. The Trial Chamber has also received documentary evidence referring to the Accused
and their participation in Operation Pauk. The Pauk Command Operations Logbook entries of
16 and 18-19 November 1994 state that Stanišić informed the commander that Muslims were
bringing weapons; that Pauk must go and see Jovica, and that Pauk talked to Jovica about
rifles. 4147 An entry of 18 November 1994 records: “Frenki requests that Alatuša and Plazikur
be the first targets. Do the job with 82-mm mortars. Do the job with our coordination. What I
4136 Slobodan Lazarević, T. 3292.
4137 Slobodan Lazarević, T. 3307, 3310, 3326.
4138 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 22, 27-28; Witness JF-027, T. 8941-
8943.
4139 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 22; P1597 (Witness JF-027, witness
statement, 8 November 2010), p. 2; Witness JF-027, T. 8941-8943.
4140 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 23.
4141 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), paras 27-28; Witness JF-027, T. 8879, 8944.
4142 Witness JF-027, T. 8879.
4143 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 51.
4144 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 29.
4145 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 28.
4146 Witness JF-027, T. 8981.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 705
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