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October 1995), and that the SDG and the Skorpions participated in the Treskavica/Trnovo
operation in June-July 1995. It further recalls its finding in chapter 6.3.2 that at the relevant
times, the JATD was a unit of the Serbian DB subordinate to the Accused.
2073. The Trial Chamber has not received any specific evidence on payments or other
support rendered to the Skorpions in Operation Pauk, the Trnovo/Treskavica or the SAO
SBWS 1995 operations. The Trial Chamber understands the evidence of Goran Stoparić
concerning additional salaries paid to the Skorpions in 1994 and 1995, and the evidence of
Witness JF-024 regarding weapons received by the Skorpions before operations, to refer to
the Prosecution’s general allegations about the support rendered to the Skorpions by the
Accused outside the scope of specific operations, and will consider this evidence in chapter
6.5.5.
(a) Operation Pauk November 1994-July 1995
2074. A 7 October 1994 entry in Mladić’s notebook describes a meeting with President
Milošević, General Perišić, General Čeleketić, and Jovica Stanišić, where assisting Fikret
Abdić was discussed. An individual referred to as “JS” proposed that he would collect men
“from all over” and will ask “FA” to pay them. 4335 Another entry in the notebook, dated, 13
June 1995, refers to a meeting with Slobodan Milošević and Fikret Abdić in which the
fighting in the Bihać area and logistical issues were discussed. Mladić noted that Mrkšić
suggested paying the corps and that “four million came”, but he did not know where it was, to
which “JS” replied that the MUP was holding it. 4336
2075. Witness JF-057, a Serb from Serbia, 4337 testified that soldiers who participated in the
Velika Kladuša operation said they had received about 1,500 DEM per month. 4338 The witness
testified that the SDG soldiers were paid by Fikret Abdić in the field and the soldiers who got
wounded during the operation, received their money via the DB at the SDG headquarters in
Belgrade. 4339 Some of the wounded soldiers who returned from Velika Kladuša told the
witness that they saw a man coming out of Fikret Abdić’s headquarters, giving money to
4335 P2536 (Excerpt from Mladić’s Notebook, 7 October 1994), pp. 1, 16.
4336 P394 (Excerpt from Mladić notebook titled “Meeting with President Milošević”, 30 June 1995), p. 209.
4337 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 2.
4338 P1615 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 9 July 2002), p. 3; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior testimony), pp.
19466-19467.
4339 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 6; P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), pp. 19467, 19562, 19576; Witness JF-057, T. 9471-9472.
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