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Humanitarian Law Centerrifles. We also received ammunition in Prolom Banja, where we were locateduntil our departure to the deployment to Podujevo.I can tell you that we were not told at all when we were engaged that wewere supposed to take part in the SAJ actions. We only knew that SAJ membersescorted us from Prolom Banja to Podujevo. We spent two or threedays in Prolom Banja - cleaning our weapons, which were conserved. Wewere not issued with rifles; we were cleaning them for the group that wassupposed to arrive at Prolom Banja.I am explaining that SAJ stands for Special Counterterrorism Units, and ourunit was called the Scorpions.The commander of my unit, the Scorpions, was a man known as Boca, andI do not know his last name. I had my platoon leader and that was RajkoOlujić, whom I had known before from Dalmatia and Novi Sad. Our unitwas comprised of 120 members divided in five platoons.One platoon leader was a man known as Guljo, whose first and last nameI do not know, but I do know that he is Commander Boca’s brother. I alsoknow that people known as Brka and Žuća were leaders of another twoplatoons.I cannot recall the exact day, but one morning around 06:00 or 07:00, wetook off from Prolom Banja, along with the SAJ escort, and headed to Podujevoto our deployment.Then, on our way to the field, we were told that we would take part in thecleansing of the area.When we arrived at Podujevo, SAJ members waited for us there, and I alsospotted several police members. I think they were wearing blue uniformand had white “Police” print over their vests. When we arrived to Podujevoby two buses, Commander Boca went to some meeting and we gotoff the bus. I was standing with Rajko Olujić and several other members ofour unit, talking to the SAJ members. These SAJ members told us that all thehouses were empty and that everything had been cleansed.12