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headquarters. 4204 In cross-examination, the witness testified that the conclusion that Mijović
was from the Serbian DB was solely based on what the witness heard from SDG members. 4205
2016. The Trial Chamber further recalls the witness’s evidence in chapter 6.5.3, on the
telephone contact between Arkan and Simatović during the Trnovo and Pauk operations.
Witness JF-057 did not know of any kind of involvement Simatović had in the Treskavica
operation. 4206 Witness JF-057 testified that one of Arkan’s Tigers, Jugoslav Simić, had set up
a telephone line in Treskavica for the operation and that sometimes Vaso Mijović and the
SDG leaders would answer this number, from which the witness concluded that the SDG and
Mijović shared the command post. 4207 The Trial Chamber will examine further evidence
concerning Mijović below.
2017. The Trial Chamber has further reviewed Arkan’s 1994 letter to Karadžić in chapter
6.4.4 where Arkan expressed his readiness to join the forces of the Bosnian-Serb Republic. 4208
2018. The Trial Chamber will now consider the evidence it has received in relation to the
Skorpions. Witness JF-029 testified that sometime in 1995, Radovan Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža,
told Mrgud that the Bosnian-Serb Republic was in a difficult situation and asked that Mrgud
help them “if he can”. 4209 In May 1995, there was a meeting with Radovan Stojičić in
Stojičić’s office in the Serbian MUP. 4210 Ilija Kojić, Željko Ražnatović a.k.a. Arkan, Slobodan
Medić, Stojičić and Ljubo Milojević (who represented the Vukovar SUP, also known as the
Plavi or the Blues), Milovanović, Milan Milanović a.k.a. Mrgud, and Milo Jovoković were
present at the meeting. 4211 At the meeting, Stojičić said that the Bosnian-Serb Republic was in
trouble, that it was being attacked by Muslims from all sides, that the Bosnian-Serb Republic
leadership had asked him for help, and that if possible, Arkan’s unit, the Skorpions, and the
Blues should go to help the VRS in Trnovo for a month. 4212 Stojičić, Kojić, and Mrgud
decided to deploy the Skorpions and informed General Lončar, who needed to approve the
4204 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 5; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), p. 8.
4205 Witness JF-057, T. 9372, 9491.
4206 Witness JF-057, T. 9482.
4207 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 5; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), p. 8; Witness JF-035, T. 9600-9605; P1620 (Charts of exhibits commented on by Witness JF-
057, 22 November 2010), p. 3.
4208 D29 (Party for Serbian Unity letter to Radovan Karadžić, Željko Ražnatović, 16 April 1994).
4209 Witness JF-029, T. 10184- 10185; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on
24 October 2006), pp. 23-24.
4210 Witness JF-029, T. 10051-10052, 10130, 10185-10187, 10194; P1666 (Tables of people witness refers to in
evidence and significant meetings attended), p. 6.
4211 Witness JF-029, T. 10051-10052, 10130-10131, 10186, 10194, 10219.
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