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operation. In the absence of any further evidence about the role of the Accused Stanišić in this
respect, the Trial Chamber considers that it has not received sufficient evidence to conclude
that the Accused Stanišić organized the involvement of the SDG in the Treskavica/Trnovo
operation.
2040. In relation to the Skorpions, based on the evidence of Witness JF-029, Witness JF-024,
and Goran Stoparić, the Trial Chamber finds that the decision to deploy the Skorpions to
Trnovo was taken by Radovan Stojičić, a.k.a. Badža, Ilija Kojić, and Milan Milanović, a.k.a.
Mrgud, and formally approved by General Dušan Lončar of the SVK 11th Corps. Ilija Kojić
led the Skorpions, the SDG, and the Plavi to the Trnovo front.
2041. The Trial Chamber has further considered the evidence on the relationship of Mrgud
and Kojić with the Accused, 4267 but it does not consider this evidence to show that the
Accused played any role in deploying the Skorpions to the operation. In view of the above,
the Trial Chamber is unable to conclude that the Accused organized the involvement of the
Skorpions in the Treskavica/Trnovo operation.
(c) SBWS 1995 operations
2042. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution submits that after the fall of the RSK, the
Accused directed the SDG, the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, and the Skorpions, in joint
operations with other Serb forces in the SAO SBWS in 1995, to protect the Serbian gains. 4268
By late August 1995, members of the Serbian DB took over command of the SVK Security
Organs, and the Skorpions escorted the SVK officials out of the 11th Corps area. 4269 By early
September 1995, joint formations of Serbian DB special units and SVK units, engaged in
combat operations to defend the SAO SBWS territory. 4270
2043. In relation to the 1995 SAO SBWS operations, the Trial Chamber has received
evidence from several witnesses, as well as through documentary evidence.
2044. The Trial Chamber will begin by reviewing the evidence it has received in relation to
the units involved in 1995 SAO SBWS operations. Witness JF-024 testified that sometime in
1995, after Operation Storm, maybe five to seven months after the events in Trnovo, the
4266 D29 (Party for Serbian Unity letter to Radovan Karadžić, Željko Ražnjatović, 16 April 1994).
4267 Including Intelligence Report P1652 reviewed in chapter 6.5.3, the evidence of Witness JF-029, exhibit
P1698 concerning Ilija Kojić’s employment as SDB operative under Stanišić from 1991 to 2001, and his
personnel file (P325), according to which Kojić was employed at the Serbian MUP as of 1 November 1991,
reviewed in chapter 6.7.2.
4268 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 366, 372.
4269 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 371.
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