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| body was also recovered later. It appears that around 200 men were involved in this operation on the Serbian side and they were arranged in concentric circles around the relevant location. The outer ring was used to fire mortars in on the target, then police "infantry" moved in, shooting towards the compound, and an inner circle of "special forces" were involved in the killing of the target inhabitants. Sources assert that the forces used in the attack were stationed in the nearby Dubrava prison, which had recently been emptied of its regular occupants. These forces had small aircraft and helicopters at their disposal. KDOM noted that the access roads to the prison could easily serve as landing strips. This attack would seem to have involved, inter alia,
The closest SUP to this area of operation is located in Pec, which has a sub-station in Istok. It seems that that chief of police in Istok was one Momir Pantic, although sources claim that the deputy chief, Sima Lusic, was in charge of the Susica operation. While, yet again, General Lukic had overall command of all ordinary MUP formations, if JSO units were involved in the attack these were ultimately subject to the authority of Jovica Stanisic, possibly through Franki Simatovic. (v) Operations in the area of Obrinje and Golubovac at the end of September During the final offensive in Drenica towards the end of September and after taking Likovac, Serbian/FRY forces attacked the Golubovac municipality, the villages of Gornje Obrinje and Golubovac being particularly targeted. The massacres in Obrinje and Golubovac have been widely reported in the media and have also been the subject of a detailed report by Human Rights Watch, released recently40. An extensive description of the recovery of the bodies of those persons killed and the witness accounts of the attacks in these areas are contained in the Human Rights Watch report and are therefore not reproduced here. On 25 September, KDOM noted the deployment of more than a 100 men with tanks, self-propelled multiple rocket launchers and armoured vehicles to the north of the main road between Komorane and Kijevo, apparently preparing for action. Human Rights watch researchers in the area also noticed the presence of helicopters on 26 September. According to witnesses interviewed by the Humanitarian Law Center, the shelling of Gornje Obrinje began at daybreak on the 26 September, with different artillery and mortar fire coming from the direction of Likovac. By then, most of the Kosovar residents of the village had fled to Golubovac or into the surrounding forest. This shelling continued sporadically during the night and then, with renewed vigour the following morning. On that day, about 68 tanks started to move toward the Delijaj compound in Gornje Obrinje, firing ground to ground
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