Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38991the witness, only a few houses were burned in Benkovac but there was extensive lootingin the town. 2466 The witness observed the vehicles with looted goods travel freelythrough Croatian check-points. 2467 The witness sometimes observed the VP stoppingand questioning the drivers of vehicles with looted goods, and at other times heobserved VP take out items from these vehicles and keep them on the side of the road atthe check-point, before letting them pass. 2468 Almost daily, the witness sent hissubordinates to the HV liaison officers in Zadar to protest the looting and the burningand ask why the HV allowed it, to which the officers replied that they could not controlthe situation in the entire area. 2469 To the witness’s knowledge, these HV liaison officerswere reporting to joint commanding officer Gotovina. 2470 Morneau’s subordinatesreported to him that, after the HV offensive, they saw a specialized HV unit, wearingblack balaclavas, searching through and clearing out or cleansing houses. 2471 Morneaufurther testified that prior to Operation Storm, Benkovac town was populated “in goodpart” by Croats. 2472560. Mate Laušić, chief of the VP administration from 5 March 1992 until 30December 2002, 2473 testified that at 6:15 p.m. on 7 August 1995, he received atelephone call from Assistant Minister Morić, who told him that Assistant Minister ofthe Interior Reljić, who was in Benkovac, saw a great deal of looting by members of theHV. He further told Laušić that these members of the HV were allegedly offering armedresistance to members of the VP who were attempting to control them. Laušićsubsequently asked his assistant, Brigadier Biškić, to see what was happening inBenkovac. 2474561. According to Theunens, on 6 August 1995, the 7th Home Guard Regiment tookcontrol of Benkovac and was subsequently tasked with taking over the area. 2475 On 72466 P308 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 27 August 1996), p. 4; P310 (Jacques Morneau, witnessstatement, 25 February 2008), para. 12.2467 P308 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 27 August 1996), p. 4; Jacques Morneau, T. 3973; P318(Canbat report on human rights abuses, August 1995), p. 3.2468 P308 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 27 August 1996), p. 4.2469 P308 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 27 August 1996), p. 4; P310 (Jacques Morneau, witnessstatement, 25 February 2008), para. 28; Jacques Morneau, T. 3942, 4003.2470 Jacques Morneau, T. 3994.2471 P310 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 25 February 2008), para. 20; Jacques Morneau, T. 3912-3915, 3955; P312 (Canbat military intelligence section report, August 1995), p. 4; P313 (Canbat C-company report on HV attack from 4 to 6 August 1995), p. 9.2472 P308 (Jacques Morneau, witness statement, 27 August 1996), p. 4.2473 P2159 (Mate Laušić, witness statement, 11 August 2004), p. 1, paras 1, 37-38, 48, 60.2474 P2159 (Mate Laušić, witness statement, 11 August 2004), para. 196.2475 P1113 (Reynaud Theunens, Expert Report, December 2007), p. 389.324Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `