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Filipović, and Raić. 2694 Vaso Mijović, Žika Crnogorac and “Dragan” Pupovac also held
command positions in the reserve/paramilitary formations of the JATD. 2695
1440. Contrary to the above evidence, Witness JF-048, a former member of the Red
Berets, 2696 testified that the Red Berets were officially recognized and renamed JATD in the
fall of 1995 or the beginning of 1996. 2697 The official recognition was given at a formal
opening of the Kula camp, which was attended by high-ranking members from the DB as well
as members of the SJB, and the military, including Stanišić, Simatović, Captain Dragan,
Milan Martić, Miodrag Repija, and Krsmanović. 2698 Stanišić, whom the witness saw for the
first time, addressed the Red Berets and told them that they would now be officially
considered as part of the MUP. 2699 Following the recognition, the Red Berets received their
salaries in a blue envelope with a MUP letterhead salary slip. 2700 The Trial Chamber considers
that Witness JF-048’s evidence of the Red Berets being officially recognized and renamed as
the JATD in 1995 or 1996 is contradicted by the consistent evidence from numerous sources
reviewed above (which includes official MUP documentation). The Trial Chamber will not
rely on Witness JF-048’s evidence in this respect.
1441. The Trial Chamber also received evidence from Dragoslav Krsmanović in relation to
the JATD. However, as explained in chapter 2, the Trial Chamber will not rely on this
witness’s evidence.
1442. The Trial Chamber finally recalls the evidence reviewed in relation to the Golubić
camp, the Ležimir camp, and the Brčko camp, that at the Kula ceremony in 1997, Colonel
Žika Ivanović introduced as veteran officers of the Serbian DB Special Operations Unit
(amongst others) Colonel Radojica Božović, Colonel Dušan Orlović, Colonel Goran Opačić,
Major Nikola Filipović, Major Davor Subotić, Captain Dragan Oluić, Colonel Vasilije
2694 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), para. 44.
2695 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), paras 23, 41; Dejan Slišković, T. 5112. From the
context, the Trial Chamber understands Slišković’s reference to “Dragan” Pupovac to relate to Nikola Pupovac.
2696 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), pp. 1-2, 5; P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 9 January 2003), p. 14576.
2697 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), pp. 4-5, 13; P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 9 January 2003), p. 14590; Witness JF-048, T. 5779-5780.
2698 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), p. 13; P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 9 January 2003), pp. 14578-14579, 14589-14590, 14623; Witness JF-048, T. 5716; P539 (Series of
stills of Kula Camp Video (P61) with Witness JF-048 comments, 14 June 2010), (Still of a ceremony with
related comments, time code 00’58”), p. 1.
2699 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), p. 13; P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 9 January 2003), p. 14623.
2700 P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 9 January 2003), pp. 14623-14624; Witness JF-048, T.
5739-5740, 5841-5842.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 510
30 May 2013