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orders from the Serbian SDB. Medić and Milanović communicated via telephone. 4224 During
the operation Serbian forces began an attack on Srebrenica. 4225
2021. The Trial Chamber has also received documentary evidence concerning the Skorpions’
participation in the Trnovo operation. On 22 July 1995, Savo Cvjetinović reported that the
Skorpions (MUP of Serbia) were holding part of the defence line near Trnovo above the
village of Turovi and that the Panthers from Bijeljina had withdrawn, while the Serbian MUP
forces were leaving on 22 and 23 July 1995. 4226 On 23 July 1995, Dragomir Milošević
reported that the “Serbia MUP unit Scorpions” participated in repelling an enemy attack on
the Trnovo front. 4227 On 24 July 1995, Savo Cvjetinović reported that a company of the Banja
Luka special police unit relieved the Serbian MUP unit “Scorpions”. 4228
2022. Witness JF-029 testified that towards the end of the Skorpions deployment to Trnovo,
Slobodan Medić, the commander of the Skorpions, called the witness and stated that the VRS
could not find a replacement and that they had to stay. 4229 The witness went to the command
in Pale and told Slobodan Medić that within 48 hours a replacement had to be found and that
his unit had to leave and return to its Đeletovci headquarters, because he feared a Croatian
attack on the SAO SBWS area. 4230 According to the witness, while deployed in the Bosnian-
Serb Republic, the Skorpions were further subordinated to the VRS Corps in their area of
responsibility, which was headed by Dragomir Milošević. 4231 Within ten hours of the
witness’s visit, the Skorpions and the SDG unit were withdrawn from Trnovo and returned to
Slavonia. 4232 The witness testified that the order to withdraw came from Milošević. 4233 Medić
told the witness that Vaso Mijović was the commander of the three reinforced companies of
the SDG, the Skorpions, and the Plavi. 4234 According to the witness, Vaso Mijović worked in
4224 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), para. 73.
4225 P2146 (Witness JF-024, witness statement, 17 February 2005), para. 74.
4226 P1469 (Report on combat activities on the Trnovo front, Savo Cvijetinović, 22 July 1995).
4227 P1470 (Report on the Trnovo front, Dragomir Milošević, 23 July 1995); P1471 (Report on combat activities
on the Trnovo front, Savo Cvijetinović, 23 July 1995).
4228 P1473 (Report on combat activities on the Trnovo front, Savo Cvijetinović, 24 July 1995).
4229 Witness JF-029, T. 10053, 10140.
4230 Witness JF-029, T. 10053, 10061, 10191, 10203-10204; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029
before a local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 27-29.
4231 Witness JF-029, T. 10192-10193, 10195-10197; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a
local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 30, 34, 60, 138.
4232 Witness JF-029, T. 10061, 10203-10204; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local
court on 24 October 2006), pp. 27, 88.
4233 D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 29-30.
4234 Witness JF-029, T. 10053, 10182-10183, 10207-10209.
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