Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

386001353. The Trial Chamber has carefully considered the testimony of Anttila andMunkelien in respect of the crater analyses they conducted on 17 August 1995.Munkelien and Anttila’s analysis concluded that a rocket recovered was from a 128-millimetre M-63 MBRL, fired from the direction of approximately 20 degrees North-North-East. 5330 Based on the testimony of Munkelien and Anttila, the Trial Chamberconsiders that their reported findings on the location of the impact, as well as the type ofrocket (M-63), appear to have been faulty. Neither witness had the required expertise orexperience to conduct professional artillery crater analyses. Consequently, the TrialChamber deems the results of their crater analysis to be unreliable. In their final briefs,the Gotovina Defence contend that this crater analysis, and in particular the length ofthe 128 mm rocket, indicate that the SVK fired this rocket from the direction ofStrmica. 5331 In light of the errors in the crater analysis regarding the location and type ofrocket, the Trial Chamber considers the testimony of Munkelien and Anttila, their crateranalysis report, and the photographs tendered through these witnesses, to beinsufficiently reliable to establish the length and calibre of the rocket they recovered.Consequently, the Trial Chamber is unable to conclude on the basis of this evidencewhich forces fired the recovered rocket.1354. A report prepared by the UNMO Steinar Hjertnes, dated 18 August 1995,recorded a provisional assessment of damage caused by HV operations in Knin on 4-6August 1995, stating that in general, the shelling on Knin was concentrated againstmilitary objectives, with only a few impacts (three to five) observed in other urbanareas. 5332 The report further stated that the UNMO team observed 44 shelled buildings,of which 21 were severely damaged and 23 were slightly damaged. 53331355. Commenting on the report on provisional assessment of damage caused by theHV operations on 4 to 6 August 1995, which states that the operations by the HV onthose days were limited to military targets, Kari Anttila stated that it was based on avery brief assessment of only 70 per cent of Knin town, carried out by UNMO TeamPodkonje of which he was a part, on information collected in just one afternoon. 53345330 P60 (Tor Munkelien, witness statement, 18 December 1995, co-signed by Kari Anttila), p. 3.5331 Gotovina Defence Final Trial Brief, para. 318 and footnote 554. See also closing arguments T. 29230-29231.5332 P61 (Tor Munkelien, witness statement, 10 January 2008), para. 40; Tor Munkelien, T. 1690-1691;P64 (Report of provisional assessment of damage to Knin, dated 18 August 1995).5333 P64 (Report of provisional assessment of damage to Knin, dated 18 August 1995).5334 P171 (Kari Anttila, witness statement, 8 January 1996), paras 1-2; P173 (Kari Anttila, witnessstatement, 12 December 2007), paras 11-13; Kari Anttila, T. 2513-2516, 2568-2569; P63 (Instruction to715Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `