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finds that between late August and late October 1995, the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets under
the command of Zvezdan Jovanović took part in operations in the SAO SBWS, including in
the area of Čakovci, Nijemci and Lipovac, as part of Colonel Antolić’s Operational Group 3
under the overall command of General Lončar’s 11th Corps of the SVK. The Trial Chamber
further finds that apart from Jovanović, other members of the JATD involved in the
operations included: Vasilije Mijović, Dragan Filipović a.k.a. Fića, and Radojica Božović.
2056. The Trial Chamber will now examine the role of the Accused in the above events. In
this respect it first notes that according to its findings in chapter 6.3.2 that the JATD was a
unit of the Serbian MUP DB subordinate to the Accused at the relevant time. The Trial
Chamber will consider whether in the particular operations at issue, the Accused specifically
directed the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, as well as the SDG and the Skorpions. In view of the
documentary evidence received 4303 and the testimony of Witness JF-024, the Trial Chamber
finds that at least on a few occasions, the Accused were present in the area during the relevant
time, that they met with SVK members Lončar and Ivanović, and that they monitored
telephone conversations in the area through the Serbian DB surveillance centre near Dalj. The
Trial Chamber does not consider that this evidence alone is sufficient to establish that the
Accused directed the involvement of the three units in the SAO SBWS operations in 1995. In
this respect, the Trial Chamber has further considered the Intelligence Report on the
relationship between Mrgud and Stanišić reviewed in chapter 6.5.3 above, 4304 the evidence of
Witness JF-024 about the DB taking control over the Serb areas in Croatia, the evidence of
Mladen Karan on the influence the Serbian MUP and DB had on removing SVK officers from
the Vukovar area, and another Intelligence Report which stated that the Accused “were in
charge”, “commanded the army in Krajina”, and that Lončar was “nothing but a pawn”. 4305
The Trial Chamber considers that this report contains very broad and bitter statements made
by Predrag Milisavljević, who had been fired from work and had apparent problems with
accepting his new situation, and should therefore be treated with great caution. Furthermore,
with regard to the influence of the Accused on the SVK, the Trial Chamber notes that
according to the Intelligence Report based on the interview with collaborator “Trgovac”, 4306
members of the MUP and the DB were removed from Tactical Group 1 of the SVK by the
SVK commanders. Overall, the Trial Chamber does not consider that the evidence discussed
4303 Exhibits P1193 and P1080.
4304 Exhibit P1652.
4305 Exhibit P2360.
4306 Exhibit P1080.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 733
30 May 2013