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well as through documentary material. The Trial Chamber will first review the evidence it has
received in relation to the events that occurred in the SAO Krajina as of August 1990,
including the alleged creation of the so-called “parallel structure”, as described by Milan
Babić and referred to in the Indictment.
2110. Witness JF-039, a Serb from Croatia, 4409 testified that around 17 August 1990, he saw
hundreds of people going to the Youth Centre in Golubić. 4410 Across the street from the Youth
Centre, by a three-room house, the witness saw Milan Martić, who he did not know at the
time; Milenko Zelenbaba, a police inspector from Knin; Jovo Dmitrović, who the witness
later learnt was the commander of the reserve police force in Knin; and Jovica “Jovo”
Marić. 4411 The witness also saw Mirko Čenić, who was noting the names of reserve police
officers that were issued weapons. 4412 Also present were Dušan Orlović, Jovo Opačić, Dušan
Zelenbaba, Nebojsa Mandinić, Bogoljub Popović, and Milan Babić. 4413 Martić himself was
handing out weapons belonging to the reserve police force and stored in the Knin police
station depot. 4414 The witness believed that the police alone was incapable of organizing the
distribution and financing of weapons, and concluded that the SDS, which was in power at the
time, stood behind this. 4415 Martić later told him, however, that by this point, he had already
contacted Jovica Stanišić to ensure that he would receive the required amount of weapons, as
he did not trust the SDS. 4416 The log barricades went up the day the weapons were issued in
Knin. 4417 Martić was strongly in favour of the erection of barricades, and in fact wanted more
of them, to stave off the Croats. 4418 Initially, the local reserve policemen manned the
barricades, but were later joined by people from Serbia. 4419 Witness JF-039 testified that the
4408 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 187, footnote 528.
4409 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), p. 1, paras 1, 5, 23; P977 (Witness JF-039,
prior testimony), pp. 1958-1959.
4410 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 9; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1961, 2067.
4411 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 10; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1961-1962, 2067, 2071-2072.
4412 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), paras 10, 12; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1962-1963, 2072-2073.
4413 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), paras 12-13; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1963, 1966, 2073.
4414 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 10; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1962, 1971, 2071-2072; Witness JF-039, T. 7372.
4415 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 13; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 2073-2074; Witness JF-039, T. 7372-7373, 7376-7377, 7380.
4416 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 20.
4417 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 19; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), pp. 1965, 2067, 2075-2076.
4418 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 30.
4419 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 20; P977 (Witness JF-039, prior
testimony), p. 1971.
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