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Humanitarian Law Centernot remember whether I gave him the power of attorney so that he coulddefend me in the further proceedings, but I think I did not.”The defence counsellor Goran Rodić asked the defendant if he was issuedwith weapons every time he was going in the field.“Every time I was going in the field with the unit in Bosnia and Croatia, Iwas issued with weapons because weapons are a part of the battle equipmentand you simply could not go without them,” the defendant added.Rodić then asked the defendant why he had gone inside the house afterthe civilians left.The defendant answered, “The purpose of me entering the house after thecivilians left was to search it and create safe conditions for other soldiersto come in. As for the pistol that I found in there, I think it is quite normalfor me to take it, and it is good that I took it rather than some terrorist whocould have used it in the fight against us.”Rodić asked the defendant would he take the grenades from the house, aswell, if there was no shooting because as soon as he found a pistol, he leftthe house.The defendant replied, “If there was no shooting, I would, for sure, confiscatethe grenades from the house, as well, put them to a safe location, andturn them in to the unit for the further procedure”.No further questions for the defendant.Defence counsellor Goran Rodić wants to put in the record the followingremarks:“First of all, the defence wants to note the following Saša Cvjetan’s remarksregarding the record made on 24 May 1999 and the record made on 18 July2001 due to the following reasons.In line with Art. 70 Para. 1 of the then applicable Criminal Procedure Code,the defendant was supposed to have a lawyer during the first interrogation,72