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39273further 4,254 troops in combat security, logistical support and anti-armoured support. 185On 16 September 1995, in his Analysis of Conducted Operation Storm, Gotovina wroteto Červenko that during Operation Storm the Split MD had 30,000 men, 10,000 ofwhom had been newly mobilized. 186 The Split MD included the following operationalunits: the 4th Guards Brigade; the 7th Guards Brigade; the 2nd battalion of the 9thGuards Brigade; the 81st Guards battalion; the 112th, 113th, 141st and 144th brigades;and the 6th, 7th, 15th, 126th, 134th, 142nd Home Guard Regiments. 187 The 4th GuardsBrigade had 1,969 troops as ready forces, and the 7th Guards Brigade had 1,880troops. 18878. On 2 August 1995, in his order for an offensive operation, Gotovina establishedthe OG North and ordered that it be comprised of, as main forces, the 4th and the 7thGuards Brigades; as auxiliary forces, the 2nd and the 3rd HVO Guards Brigades and theTomislavgrad MD forces; and as other forces, the 81st Guards battalion and the 1stCroatian Guards Brigade. 189 Gotovina further ordered that the OG Sinj be comprised ofthe 126th Home Guard Regiment, the 144th Brigade and the 6th Home GuardRegiment. 190 The OG Šibenik was to be comprised of the 15th and 142nd Home GuardRegiments and the 113th Infantry Brigade. 191 The OG Zadar was to consist of the 2ndbattalion of the 9th Guards Brigade, the 112th Brigade, and the 7th and 134th HomeGuard Regiments. 192 The Split MD command was placed in charge of commanding andcontrolling all forces in the area of the attack operation. The Zadar forward commandpost was to directly control the forces of the OG Zadar and the OG Šibenik, while theSajković forward command post would directly control the forces of the OG Sinj andthe OG North. 193 Gotovina appointed Rahim Ademi, the Split MD Chief of Staff, tocommand all units of the OG North, Bruno Vukić to command the units of the OGŠibenik, and Mladen Fuzul to command the units of the OG Zadar. 194 Gotovina further185 P1266 (List of Split MD troops for Operation Storm), p. 1. Further details of the units can be found inthis exhibit.186 P2585 (Analysis of conducted Operation Storm, Ante Gotovina, 16 September 1995), pp. 1-2, 6.187 P1266 (List of Split MD troops for Operation Storm), p. 1; P2585 (Analysis of conducted OperationStorm, Ante Gotovina, 16 September 1995), pp. 6-7.188 P1266 (List of Split MD troops for Operation Storm), p. 1.189 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), pp. 6-7.190 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), p. 9.191 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), p. 10.192 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), p. 12. See also P1192(Gotovina report regarding analysis of Kozjak 95, 20 August 1995), p. 2.193 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), p. 6.194 P1125 (Offensive Operation Order by Ante Gotovina, 2 August 1995), pp. 7, 11-12. See also D793(Order by Ante Gotovina appointing Brigadier Rahim Ademi as OG North Commander, 3 August 1995).42Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `