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assistance of the Serbian DB to the SAO Krajina Police. The Trial Chamber further considers
that the accounts of Milan Babić and Witness JF-039 corroborate each other on important
points, including on that concerning the involvement of the Serbian DB in supporting Martić.
2148. In so far as the Stanišić Defence and the Simatović Defence allege that Simatović went
to the SAO Krajina to collect intelligence and monitor the activities of Captain Dragan, 4551 the
Trial Chamber has concluded in chapter 6.3.2 that it did not consider it a reasonable
interpretation of the evidence before it that Simatović’s role in Knin was limited to
conducting surveillance and monitoring activities.
2149. On the whole, the Trial Chamber considers that the evidence received is reliable,
mutually reinforcing and consistent with the Adjudicated Facts.
2150. In relation to the parallel structure of power in the Krajina, the Trial Chamber
considers that Bosnić’s lack of knowledge about the existence of the structure does not, as
such, refute the evidence to the contrary. Having regard to the central position of Babić in the
government, which gave him a better overview of the situation in the Krajina than Bosnić
could have had at the time, the Trial Chamber considers Babić’s evidence in this regard to be
reliable and corroborated by Witness JF-038’s hearsay evidence about Martić being
influenced by Belgrade. On this point, the Trial Chamber further notes that the head of the
SAO Krajina DB, Dušan Orlović, later became a member of the Serbian DB Unit a.k.a. the
Red Berets. The Trial Chamber will now move to its findings on the specific evidence
received in relation to the SAO Krajina Police.
2151. Based on the evidence before it, 4552 the Trial Chamber finds that around August 1990,
local Serb civilians and reserve police officers began erecting barricades and roadblocks in
and around Knin. At the same time, Milan Martić distributed weapons to police officers in
Golubić, and he later became the leader of the barricade movement with its headquarters in
Golubić. The Trial Chamber considers that Mile Bosnić’s lack of knowledge in relation to
Martić’s role at the barricades does not negate the evidence of others, who personally
witnessed these events.
2152. The Trial Chamber has reviewed the evidence before it, in particular that of Witness
JF-039 that Martić took control over the police in the Krajina by mid-November 1991, and the
evidence of Josip Josipović and Witness C-1211 that Serbs started joining Martić’s forces
4551 Simatović Defence Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012 (Confidential), paras 185-192, 227-229, 336;
Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012 (Confidential), paras 298, 301, 314.
4552 In particular the evidence of Witness JF-039, Milan Babić, Witness JF-038, and Mile Bosnić.
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