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is unable to conclude that the Accused directed and organized the financing of the SAO
Krajina TO.
2205. In relation to the arming of the SAO Krajina Police, the Trial Chamber first recalls that
in chapter 6.6.2, it observed the possibility that in the process of the SAO Krajina Police
formation, Martić and his forces received weapons from the depots of the reserve police force,
the JNA and the TO, in Serbia and in Krajina, as well as through smugglers. It further recalls
its finding in the same chapter that Stanišić arranged weapons for Martić and that Simatović
oversaw the delivery of arms and ammunition to Martić between December 1990 and May or
June 1991.
2206. As to the arming of the SAO Krajina Police after its formal establishment on 29 May
1991, based on the evidence of Witness JF-006, the Trial Chamber finds that certain members
of the SAO Krajina Police were armed with weapons they received during their training at the
Golubić camp. In this respect, the Trial Chamber recalls its finding in chapter 6.3.2 in relation
to the Golubić camp, that from late April or early May to July 1991, Simatović brought, inter
alia, supplies and equipment to the camp. In the same chapter, the Trial Chamber further
allowed for the reasonable possibility that the SAO Krajina Police provided equipment,
weaponry, and funding for the Golubić camp. In view of the foregoing and taking into
consideration its findings made above, the Trial Chamber considers that the the weapons
distributed to trainees at the Golubić camp could have been supplied by the Accused, could
have have originated from the JNA and TO depots in Serbia and in Krajina, or could have
come from both sources. The Trial Chamber has further considered Milan Babić’s statement
that in August 1991, Stanišič arranged weapons for Banija and Kordun, but in the absence of
any further evidence in this respect, it is unable to conclude that these weapons were received
by the SAO Krajina Police or TO members.
2207. The Trial Chamber has further reviewed the evidence of Vatroslav Stanićić that in
early July 1991, the SAO Krajina Police was poorly equipped, armed, and trained, but in view
of its findings on the arming and training of the police made in chapters 6.6.2 and 6.3.2, as
well as further evidence reviewed above, it does not consider that this evidence gives a full
picture of the situation on the ground, where, at least some members of the SAO Krajina
Police were trained and equipped. Considering the other evidence before it, 4670 the Trial
4670 In particular D118 (Letter to Mladić by Colonel Smiljanić, 5 October 1994), D680 (A letter from the 2nd
Military District Command to the 9th Corps Command regarding the replenishment of the TO and police units
with equipment, Colonel General Milutin Kukanjac, 7 April 1992), D681 (An order issued by the Command of
the 608th TSB of the Federal Secretariat of National Defence to the 2nd Military District Command, dated 23
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