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49342 Ovuka, a Serb in charge of a distribution company, driving a company refrigerated truck away from where the helicopter had landed and he thought that Ovuka had picked up weapons from the helicopter. 4594 Josip Josipović, a Croat from the mixed village of Predore close to Hrvatska Dubica in Kostajnica municipality, 4595 also stated that on one occasion, he saw a JNA helicopter landing on a road near Predore and Serbs unloading weapons from the helicopter, which were then put on trucks and civilian vehicles. 4596 He heard from his mother and locals that the helicopter had previously come on several occasions. 4597 The trucks then drove into the direction of Živaja, which was a Serb-populated area. The witness concluded that the JNA armed the Serb TO and police. 4598 2172. Mile Grbić told Milan Babić that in August 1991, he and Zika Rakić, two Serbs from Bosanski Novi, supplied weapons by motorway to Banija and Kordun that they had obtained in Serbia through Stanišić. 4599 Babić did not know for whom these weapons were intended, but stated that at the time the 7th Banija Division and other paramilitary groups had already been in existence. At the end of July and in the beginning of August 1991, weapons were also ordered through Colonel Dušan Smiljanić, Chief of security of the 10th Zagreb Corps; he organized weapon deliveries to Krajina with the help of General Nikola Uzelac. 4600 In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls the 15 October 1994 letter by the SVK Colonel Dušan Smiljanić to Mladić, about the arming of the Serbs in Krajina from the local depots between March and October 1991, which it has reviewed in chapter 6.6.2. 2173. Mile Bosnić, an SDS regional board member and president of the SDS board in Kordun, 4601 testified that from attending meetings of the SDS Main Board he was aware that the Knin leadership obtained their weapons from the reserve police storage. 4602 It was sometime in September 1991, that the weapons from the TO storages were distributed. 4603 The police who remained in the police stations already had their own uniforms and weapons 4594 P1710 (Witness C-1211, witness statement, 9 November 2000), p. 4. 4595 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3293-3294, 3327; P73 (Official Note by Josip Josipović, 1 April 1992), p. 1. 4596 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3298-3299, 3302-3303, 3341-3345, 3380-3381. 4597 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3303, 3341, 3343-3345. 4598 P68 (Josip Josipović, Martić transcript, 6-7 April 2006), pp. 3298-3299, 3304. 4599 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), pp. 1530-1531; P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002), pp. 13098-13099. 4600 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), p. 1531-1532; P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002), pp. 13274-13276; P1879 (Milan Babić, Krajišnik transcript, 2-4, and 7 June 2004), p. 3376. 4601 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 2. 4602 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 27. Case No. IT-03-69-T 776 30 May 2013
49341 issued in their names. 4604 The SDS Main Board was not informed about covert operations by the SDB or about the movement or distribution of weapons. 4605 2174. Witness JF-041 testified that in September or October 1991, for 15 to 20 days, the Krajina Special Purpose Unit, which was called the SAO Krajina Police, was subordinated to the JNA 75th Motorised Brigade, so that the unit could receive weapons from the brigade. 4606 Thereafter, the Special Purpose Unit in Knin was subordinated to the MUP of the RSK. 4607 Witness JF-006 testified that in October or November 1991, approximately eighteen JNA officers from Belgrade arrived in Plaški, took command of the TO, and formed it into the Plaščanska Brigade. 4608 Martić’s Police was one of the units within the Brigade. 4609 The JNA armed the Plaščanska Brigade with tanks, APCs, howitzers, mortars, and anti-aircraft weapons. 4610 Occasionally the witness saw members of Martić’s Police at the warehouse picking up supplies. 4611 2175. The Trial Chamber will now move to the specific evidence on the arming in the Krajina in 1992. At the SFRY Presidency meeting on 3 January 1992, where the Vance follow up on disarming was discussed, Milan Martić asked whether he could get officers to lead police units. 4612 Branko Kostić answered that they would look into it, as they would need to plan for it in the federal budget. 4613 He further said that if necessary, they could give them more weapons, so that “you can have one machine gun to ‘bury in the hay’ and another one to be stored in depots, which would be under joint control”. 4614 2176. At the meeting of representatives of the SSNO, the 2nd Military District, the Corps Commands and the representatives of the MUP and the TO Main Staff of the RSK which was held on 13 March 1992, it was established that the Corps Commands would accommodate 4603 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 64; D314 (Mile Bosnić, proofing note, 8 July 2011), p. 5. 4604 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 32. 4605 Mile Bosnić, T. 12787. 4606 Witness JF-041, T. 8005-8007, 8010. 4607 Witness JF-041, T. 8007-8008, 8011. 4608 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), pp. 2-3; P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), pp. 11579-11581; P105 (Witness JF-006, Martić transcript, 28 March 2006), pp. 2783, 2823-2825; Witness JF-006, T. 2471. 4609 P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11588. 4610 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), p. 3; P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11586; P105 (Witness JF-006, Martić transcript, 28 March 2006), p. 2784. 4611 P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11588. 4612 D1429 (Stenographic notes of the talks between members of the FRY Presidency and RSK representatives, 3 January 1992), pp. 1, 10. 4613 D1429 (Stenographic notes of the talks between members of the FRY Presidency and RSK representatives, 3 January 1992), p. 11. Case No. IT-03-69-T 777 30 May 2013
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- Page 321 and 322: 49361 2118. Mile Bosnić testified
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- Page 337 and 338: 49345 2163. Radoslav Maksić, a Ser
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49341<br />
issued in their names. 4604 The SDS Main Board was not informed about covert operations by<br />
the SDB or about the movement or distribution of weapons. 4605<br />
2174. Witness JF-041 testified that in September or October 1991, for 15 to 20 days, the<br />
Krajina Special Purpose Unit, which was called the SAO Krajina Police, was subordinated to<br />
the JNA 75th Motorised Brigade, so that the unit could receive weapons from the brigade. 4606<br />
Thereafter, the Special Purpose Unit in Knin was subordinated to the MUP of the RSK. 4607<br />
Witness JF-006 testified that in October or November 1991, approximately eighteen JNA<br />
officers from Belgrade arrived in Plaški, took command of the TO, and formed it into the<br />
Plaščanska Brigade. 4608 Martić’s Police was one of the units within the Brigade. 4609 The JNA<br />
armed the Plaščanska Brigade with tanks, APCs, howitzers, mortars, and anti-aircraft<br />
weapons. 4610 Occasionally the witness saw members of Martić’s Police at the warehouse<br />
picking up supplies. 4611<br />
2175. The Trial Chamber will now move to the specific evidence on the arming in the<br />
Krajina in 1992. At the SFRY Presidency meeting on 3 January 1992, where the Vance follow<br />
up on disarming was discussed, Milan Martić asked whether he could get officers to lead<br />
police units. 4612 Branko Kostić answered that they would look into it, as they would need to<br />
plan for it in the federal budget. 4613 He further said that if necessary, they could give them<br />
more weapons, so that “you can have one machine gun to ‘bury in the hay’ and another one to<br />
be stored in depots, which would be under joint control”. 4614<br />
2176. At the meeting of representatives of the SSNO, the 2nd Military District, the Corps<br />
Commands and the representatives of the MUP and the TO Main Staff of the RSK which was<br />
held on 13 March 1992, it was established that the Corps Commands would accommodate<br />
4603 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 64; D314 (Mile Bosnić, proofing note, 8 July<br />
2011), p. 5.<br />
4604 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 32.<br />
4605 Mile Bosnić, T. 12787.<br />
4606 Witness JF-041, T. 8005-8007, 8010.<br />
4607 Witness JF-041, T. 8007-8008, 8011.<br />
4608 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), pp. 2-3; P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan<br />
Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), pp. 11579-11581; P105 (Witness JF-006, Martić transcript, 28 March<br />
2006), pp. 2783, 2823-2825; Witness JF-006, T. 2471.<br />
4609 P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11588.<br />
4610 P103 (Witness JF-006, witness statement, 20 January 2001), p. 3; P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević<br />
transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11586; P105 (Witness JF-006, Martić transcript, 28 March 2006), p. 2784.<br />
4611 P104 (Witness JF-006, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 15 October 2002), p. 11588.<br />
4612 D1429 (Stenographic notes of the talks between members of the FRY Presidency and RSK representatives, 3<br />
January 1992), pp. 1, 10.<br />
4613 D1429 (Stenographic notes of the talks between members of the FRY Presidency and RSK representatives, 3<br />
January 1992), p. 11.<br />
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