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38578village of Gornji Debeljak in Sukošan municipality. 5386 According to Rajčić, the TS-5fired at the Slobodan Macura barracks in Benkovac during Operation Storm. 53871404. A map named “Poskok-93”, signed by Gotovina and Brigadier Milan Mihić,listed the following as targets in Benkovac: Benkovac barracks; the police station;“Benkovac village – north of the city, combat position”; and a hotel. 53881405. On 3 August 1995, Mladen Fuzul, commander of the OG Zadar, issued an orderfor an attack, deciding to break up enemy front-line forces by frontal and flankingattacks by all OG Zadar forces with powerful artillery and missile support. 5389 The ordernoted that the HV was confronted in the OG Zadar area by part of the forces of the 7thNorth Dalmatian Corps, specifically the 4th Obrovac Light Brigade, the 92nd BenkovacMotorised Brigade, and the 3rd Benkovac Brigade. 5390 Fuzul ordered the attack tocommence at 5 a.m. on 4 August 1995 and ordered the 2nd Battalion of the 9th GuardsBrigade, the 112th Brigade HV, and the 134th Home Guard Regiment 1st Battalion toattack in the areas of certain villages, to break up enemy forces and to capture certainfeatures, with the support of TRS-5. 5391 Fuzul further ordered units to use their ownartillery resources to form artillery groups within units conducting combat assaultoperations, with the aim of effective and precise fire on the enemy and creatingconditions for a rapid breach of the enemy front defence lines. The order established theArtillery Group TRS-5, comprising five 130-millimetre M46 field guns from the 14thartillery battery, two 122-millimetre D-30 Howitzers from the 112th pbr HV and one122-millimetre self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. Fuzul ordered artillery groups toprovide artillery support for the main forces in assault operations by striking the enemyfront line, the command post, the communications centre, and the artillery firingpositions, and to lay down fire on the towns of Benkovac and Obrovac. 53925386 D1425 (Marko Rajčić, witness statement, 13 February 2009), p. 24; P2322 (Map showing HVartillery positions and sectors of fire), p. 21; P2336 (Analysis of Split MD actions from 4 to 9 August1995, by Marko Rajčić, 17 October 2008), p. 9; P2340 (Reconstruction of the Split MD artillery from 4 to9 August 1995, by Marko Rajčić, 28 November 2008), p. 13.5387 Marko Rajčić, T. 17639, 17692-17693.5388 P1273 (Map Poskok-93), p. 8.5389 P1263 (Order for attack, OG Zadar, 3 August 1995), pp. 1-4, 17.5390 P1263 (Order for attack, OG Zadar, 3 August 1995), p. 2.5391 P1263 (Order for attack, OG Zadar, 3 August 1995), pp. 3, 5-7.5392 P1263 (Order for attack, OG Zadar, 3 August 1995), p. 8.737Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `