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Ivanović (Crnogorac), where the Red Berets, including Božović, Subotić, Pupovac, Raić,
Dragan Đorđević (Crni), Nikola Lončar, Đurica Banjac, Filipović, Ilija Vučković, Medaković,
Budimir Zečević, and Jovan Kujundžić, trained people from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina,
including Srećko Radovanović (Debeli) and Solobodan Miljković (Lugar) who became
members of the Red Berets under the command of Dragan Đorđević (Crni). 2743 Stanišić and
Simatović visited the Fruška Gora camp, informing the Red Berets that only they could issue
orders to the Red Berets. 2744 From the Ležimir camp at Mount Fruška Gora, Red Berets
conducted operations in SBWS, including at Vukovar and Ilok, under the command of
Stanišić and Simatović. 2745
1460. The Trial Chamber has received the evidence primarily from Witness JF-031, as well
as from Witness JF-033 and Witness JF-047, and received a number of documents in relation
to the Ležimir camp. The Trial Chamber will first review the evidence in relation to the
establishment of the camp.
1461. Witness JF-031, a Serb from Knin municipality, 2746 testified that from Korenica, he
and a group of others from Korenica camp 2747 went to the Udbina airstrip in late August or
early September 1991, where two planes equipped with parachuting equipment were
waiting. 2748 The pilots were from the Serbian DB. 2749 They then flew to a civilian airstrip at
Smederevo, approximately 60 kilometres south of Belgrade. From there they travelled in five
white DB vans with police licence plates to the headquarters of the Serbian DB. The witness
testified that, by the time he reached Belgrade, he understood Simatović to be his boss and
believed his unit to be “under the wing” of the Serbian DB. 2750 The witness described
Simatović as having “[taken] over direct command” of the unit, and testified that from August
onward the unit was “inseparable” from him. 2751 However, the witness did not consider
himself to work for the DB. 2752 That day, the unit was briefed by Simatović and told that they
would establish a camp at Fruška Gora. He further told them that they would be an anti-
2742 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 219.
2743 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, paras 220-226; T. 20209.
2744 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 221.
2745 Prosecution Final Trial Brief, 14 December 2012, para. 223.
2746 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), pp. 1-2.
2747 See Korenica camp findings in chapter 6.3.2.
2748 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 6; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19192, 19218; P1008 (Map annotated by Witness JF-031), Point F.
2749 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 6; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), p. 19182.
2750 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 6; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), p. 19192.
2751 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19281, 19307.
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