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Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

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38548these two witnesses, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that the Croatian forces had designatedtarg<strong>et</strong>s in and in the immediate vicinity of Gračac, which included sever<strong>al</strong> intersections,the police station, a municip<strong>al</strong> building, the railway station, and a depot. In this regard,the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber notes that further evidence from Turk<strong>al</strong>j supports the finding thatthere were specific targ<strong>et</strong>s within Gračac, notably his use of a topographic<strong>al</strong> map to plottarg<strong>et</strong>s such as warehouses and command posts, as well as the use of forward-spotters tocorrect artillery fire. Rec<strong>al</strong>ling its finding in 4.4.4, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber considers that the“Jagoda” list and “Poskok-93” map contain information regarding objects in Gračac andits immediate surroundings that was available to the HV and its artillery units at somepoint prior to Operation Storm. A railway crossing over the road, a factory near the westcross-roads, and a factory near the east cross-roads were listed on the “Jagoda” listD1447. Further, the gas station was listed on the “Poskok-93” map P1273. The Tri<strong>al</strong>Chamber has received no evidence indicating wh<strong>et</strong>her, and if so how and for whatpurpose, D1447 and P1273 were used in relation to the shelling of Gračac duringOperation Storm.1455. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber now turns to the locations of the designated targ<strong>et</strong>s in and inthe immediate vicinity of Gračac. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that the intersectionsdesignated as targ<strong>et</strong>s include the ones marked on map P2329. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber furtherfinds, based on the evidence of Sovilj, that the railway station was at a location markedF on map P88, and that the municip<strong>al</strong> building, which <strong>al</strong>so contained a TO office, was ata location marked D on map P88. As for the police station, Sovilj placed it at location Eon map P88, while Steenbergen placed it in a different location, marked F on map P538.Considering that Steenbergen spent less than six months in Gračac while Sovilj wasfrom Gračac, the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber finds that the police station was at the location markedE on map P88. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber has considered the evidence of intelligenceassessment D549 and Repinć that the command post of the 9th Motorized Brigade wasin Gračac. However, <strong>al</strong>though in one possible understanding of Turk<strong>al</strong>j’s evidence hebelieved that the 9th Gračac Brigade command was located in the municip<strong>al</strong> building,the Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber has received insufficient evidence to be able to conclude where inGračac this command post was located. The Tri<strong>al</strong> Chamber <strong>al</strong>so notes the evidence ofSteenbergen that he once saw SVK military trucks entering and exiting a factory(marked C on map P537). Further, according to Sovilj, some locations in the area of them<strong>et</strong><strong>al</strong>working plant, near the mill (marked A on map D135), and the railway station,767Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `

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