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Slunj, in the Korenica region. 4176 In this respect, the Trial Chamber considers the Stanišić
Defence allegations that in view of the 31 December 1994 entry in the Pauk Command
Operations Logbook, as well as the evidence of Lazarević about the locations of two
headquarters in Operation Pauk, one can conclude that the Pauk Command was not located in
Petrova Gora. 4177 It is unclear which Supreme Command the Pauk Logbook is referring to,
and, in light of all the other evidence indicating that the Pauk Command was in fact located at
Petrova Gora, the Trial Chamber does not consider the Defence’s interpretation of the above
evidence to be reasonable. In view of Lazarević’s testimony and SVK Communication P382,
the Trial Chamber acknowledges that the Command of the SVK and the headquarters of other
forces involved in the operation may have been located in the vicinity of Petrova Gora, and
that, as Lazarević suggested, before Operation Pauk had started, in 1993, Petrova Gora
headquarters was used for the purpose of another operation which was the precursor of Pauk.
The Trial Chamber further finds that the parallel Command in Petrova Gora effectively took
over the duties in the region, with the SVK command receiving unimportant or confusing
reports on the situation in the area.
1999. The Trial Chamber will now consider the evidence on the involvement of the
Skorpions in Operation Pauk. It will first examine the command of the Skorpions unit. On the
basis of the evidence received, 4178 the Trial Chamber finds that Slobodan Medić, a.k.a. Boca,
was the commander of the Skorpions from the unit’s formation in late 1991 or early 1992
until at least late November 1995.
2000. In view of the evidence received, 4179 the Trial Chamber finds that from November
1994 to at least April 1995, the Skorpions, led by Slobodan Medić, a.k.a. Boca, took part in
combat operations within Operation Pauk. The Trial Chamber is not convinced that from
Savić’s hearsay evidence about Boca telling him in early 1992 that Stanišić was his boss it
can conclude that Stanišić played any role in directing the Skorpions in Pauk. In so far as
Witness JF-024 placed the Accused on top of the Skorpions’ command structure, the Trial
Chamber considers that his knowledge in this respect appears to be based mostly on
information provided by the media. The Trial Chamber is not convinced that the Accused
specifically directed the Skorpions in Operation Pauk from the general evidence of Witness
4176 The evidence of Manojlo Milovanović, Slobodan Lazarević, Aco Drača, Dejan Slišković, and Mladen Karan,
and the SVK Communication P382.
4177 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, para. 1018.
4178 On the basis of the evidence of Witness C-015, Witness JF-027, Borivoje Savić, Witness JF-024, Goran
Stoparić, Witness JF-048, Witness JF-029, Dejan Slišković, and Petar Djukić, as well as Intelligence Reports
P1061 and P1075.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 709
30 May 2013