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Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

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38692factory, which according to Rinčić had manufactured ammunition for the SVK andJNA, he saw large amounts of unfinished machine gun ammunition of different c<strong>al</strong>ibresat the factory, as well as notes from Captain Dragan and other military units expressingthanks for the supply of ammunitions. 44401209. With regard to the railway station, Mile Mrkšić testified that the railway hub inKnin, which was down the stre<strong>et</strong> across from the command centre, was the biggestrailway traffic hub in the area, but at the time of the shelling of Knin, there was norailway traffic there and the SVK was not using it. 4441 Mrkšić did not see trains movingout of Knin on 4 August 1995. 4442 Some 20 to 30 per cent of the railway was notdamaged and could have been used b<strong>et</strong>ween Stara Straza and Pañene to pull out ass<strong>et</strong>sand ammunition from a logistics base and from the depots. 4443 Kosta Novakovićtestified that b<strong>et</strong>ween 27 July and 1 August 1995, as they expected an attack on theGolubić depots, the SVK used the rail system to move ammunition in 13 train carriagesout of the Golubić depot and into tunnels at least ten kilom<strong>et</strong>res outside of Knin. 4444 Anexcerpt from a report on Operation Storm prepared by HV Chief of Staff Gener<strong>al</strong>Zvonimir Červenko, dated 22 August 1995, recorded that SVK ammunition andweapons depots were uncovered in Stare Straža, Knin municip<strong>al</strong>ity, whereapproximately 15 wagons of ammunition were seized and in Golubić, Kninmunicip<strong>al</strong>ity, where approximately 7000 tons of ammunition and weapons were foundprepared for arming three brigades, amongst which various rock<strong>et</strong>s, reserve parts, food,various military equipment and sanitary materi<strong>al</strong>, anti-personnel and anti-tank minesand sever<strong>al</strong> tons of explosives. 4445 Murray Dawes testified that he believed the railwaystation was not in use because, during the time he lived in Knin, he drove <strong>al</strong>ong themain supply routes in former Sector South, which ran par<strong>al</strong>lel to the railway lines, manytimes each day, and not once had he ever seen work being done on the tracks, nor hadhe seen the tracks in use or seen a railcar. 4446 He had <strong>al</strong>so heard from his interpr<strong>et</strong>er4440 D1680 (Zdenko Rinčić, witness statement, 16 May 2009), para. 25; Zdenko Rinčić, T. 22339-22341,22343.4441 Mile Mrkšić, T. 18888, 19048, 19110, 19121; D1525 (Map of Knin with markings by Mile Mrkšić),railway hub marked B.4442 Mile Mrkšić, T. 19122.4443 Mile Mrkšić, T. 19121-19123.4444 P1094 (Kosta Novaković, witness statement, 3 October 2008), para. 35; Kosta Novaković, T. 11927-11928.4445 D387 (Excerpt from Report on Operation Storm, prepared by HV Chief of Staff, Gener<strong>al</strong> ZvonimirČervenko, 22 August 1995), p. 1.4446 P980 (Murray Dawes, witness statement, 22 August 1996), pp. 4, 7; P981 (Murray Dawes, witnessstatement, 2 April 2008), para. 7; Murray Dawes, T. 10390-10391, 10468.623Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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