30 May 2013 - ICTY

49395
Marić, had been killed. 4256 The Trial Chamber has also reviewed evidence about other SDG
members being wounded in Trnovo. Borislav Pelević testified that SDG members Milovan
Ristić and Miroslav Radušić were wounded as a result of shelling in Trnovo. 4257 On 20 July
1995, Sladoje Čedomir of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps Command in Trnovo reported that
four members of the MUP Serbia (Tigers) were seriously injured. 4258
2031. In terms of the reliability of Borislav Pelević’s evidence, the Trial Chamber recalls its
finding in chapter 6.5.4 that parts of his evidence were negatively affected by his association
with, and loyalty to, Arkan. The Trial Chamber notes that the evidence provided by the
witness in the context of the Trnovo operation is very specific and limited to the organization
of the SDG’s involvement therein and the unit’s commanders in this operation. In relation to
the latter, his testimony is further corroborated by the evidence of Witness JF-057 and
Witness JF-029. The Trial Chamber therefore considers that it can rely on Pelević’s evidence
in this respect. Consequently, based on the evidence received, the Trial Chamber finds that in
June and July 1995, the Skorpions and the SDG, alongside the Plavi and other forces,
participated in combat operations at the Trnovo front, in the Treskavica Mountains region. In
view of the evidence of Borislav Pelević and Witness JF-057, it further finds that the SDG
was commanded by Captain Svetozar Pejović, a.k.a. Peja, Mladen Šarac, and Dragan
Petrović, a.k.a. Kajman. In light of its findings above in relation to Operation Pauk and the
evidence of Witness JF-024, it finds that Slobodan Medić, a.k.a. Boca, was the Skorpions
Commander during the operation. Considering further the evidence of Pelević and Witness
JF-029, the Trial Chamber finds that both units operated under the command of General
Dragomir Milošević of the VRS.
2032. The Trial Chamber will now consider the role of the Accused. As to the presence of
the Accused in the relevant area, the Simatović Defence submits, in its Final Trial Brief, that
Simatović got married on 9 July 1995 and left on his honeymoon to Greece, where he
4255 D207 (Response from the Republic of Serbia pursuant to a request by the Stanišić Defence, 14 July 2006,
singed by Minister Dragan Jočić), pp. 2-3.
4256 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 5; P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10
November 2002), p. 8; Witness JF-057, T. 9368, 9370-9371.
4257 Borislav Pelević, T. 16425, 16427-16428, 16432-16433; D662 (Two documents related to Miroslav Radušić)
(Request for a statement confirming participation of Miroslav Radušić in the defence of the Republika Srpska,
President of the Republic of Serbia Association of Veterans from the Wars Since 1990, 25 January 2011), pp. 1-
2, (Statement by Borislav Pelević confirming that Miroslav Radušić was fatally wounded as a volunteer in
Trnovo in 1995, 10 February 2011), p. 3.
4258 P1465 (Report on the Trnovo front, Sladoje Čedomir, 20 July 1995).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 723
30 May 2013