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above is conclusive with regard to the role, if any, played by the Accused in directing the
units in the SAO SBWS operations.
2057. Consequently, the Trial Chamber considers that it has received insufficient evidence to
conclude that the Accused directed the SDG, the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, and the
Skorpions in the SAO SBWS operations between late August and late October 1995.
2058. The Trial Chamber will now consider whether the Accused organized the involvement
of the SDG, the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, and the Skorpions in the SAO SBWS operations.
In the absence of any evidence in relation to deploying the SDG and the Skorpions to the
SAO SBWS operations, the Trial Chamber is unable to conclude that the Accused organized
the involvement of these two units in the 1995 operations.
2059. As to the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, the Trial Chamber has not received any specific
evidence in relation to the organization of the unit’s involvement in these operations.
Nevertheless, having recalled 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, and in view of further
corroborative evidence in this respect, in particular on the presence of the Accused in the area,
and Simatović’s telephone contact with Božović, the Trial Chamber finds that the Accused
organized the involvement of the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets in the 1995 SAO SBWS
operations.
Supplies and other support
2060. The Trial Chamber first recalls its findings in relation to Operation Pauk and Trnovo
above, that the Accused supported the involvement of the SDG and the JATD in Operation
Pauk and that they supported the involvement of the SDG in the Treskavica/Trnovo operation.
The Trial Chamber will now consider further evidence it has received with regard to
supporting the involvement of, and supplying the SDG, the JATD a.k.a. the Red Berets, and
the Skorpions in the operations addressed above. In its Final Trial Brief, the Prosecution
submits that members of the Serbian DB, including Zoran Raić, 4307 escorted the Skorpions
into Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Pauk and the Trnovo operation. 4308 It also submits
that on at least one occasion at the relevant time, the Skorpions and the SDG received
ammunition and supplies from Pajzoš. 4309 In relation to these allegations, the Trial Chamber
4307 For the Prosecution’s submission on the correct spelling of Raić’s name see Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14
December 2012, pp. 3-4.
4308 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 349, 358.
4309 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 305, 375.
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