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xxiii ABBREVIATIONS 2IC second officer ABiH Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina AID Agency for Information and Documentation (Bosnia) APC armored personnel carrier ATG antiterrorist group CFU Croatian Fraternal Union CIA Central Intelligence Agency, headquartered at Langley, Virginia CPD common purpose doctrine DB State Security Service of Serbia, a component of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) DevGru U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group, a.k.a. Navy SEAL Team Six, one of four tier-one U.S. special mission units* ETA estimated time of arrival FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, headquartered in Washington, D.C. FIST Fugitive Investigative Support Team FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, successor state of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), originally consisting of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro but later reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro GPS global positioning system * The four U.S. special mission units are (1) Delta Force (U.S. Army); (2) SEAL Team Six, a.k.a. DevGru (U.S. Navy); (3) Twenty-Fourth Special Tactics Squadron (U.S. Air Force); and (4) Intelligence Support Activity (U.S. Army). xxiv / ABBREVIATIONS HIS Croatian Intelligence Service HOS military arm of the Croatian Party of Rights HUMINT human intelligence HVO military arm of the Bosnian-Croatian Defense Council ICRC International Committee for the Red Cross ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, United Nations agency headquartered at The Hague, Netherlands IPTF International Police Task Force IRA Irish Republican Army ISA Intelligence Support Activity, top-secret tier-one U.S. special operations team that specializes in clandestine signals intelligence (SIGINT) JA Yugoslav Army JATD special operations component of the State Security Service (DB) of Serbia, also referred to at different times as Red Berets and JSO JNA Yugoslav People’s Army, successor of the Yugoslav Army (JA) JSO See JATD JSOC Joint Special Operations Command KB Convicts Battalion, special-purposes sabotage unit of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) responsible for war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina KFOR Kosovo Force KGB Committee for State Security, a Soviet-era spy agency KLA Kosovo Liberation Army KOG Counterintelligence Group of the Yugoslav People’s Army Security Administration (UB) KOS Counterintelligence Service of the Yugoslav People’s Army; former name of the UB/KOG MI5 British Security Service; protects the United Kingdom, its citizens, and its interests within the country and abroad against threats to national security MI6 British Secret Intelligence Service; collects intelligence abroad and provides a global covert capability for national security MND Multinational Division [34.204.99.254] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 13:57 GMT) Abbreviations / xxv MSS Ministry of State Security (China) MSU multinational specialized unit MUP Ministry of Internal Affairs (uniformed, investigative, and state security) in the former Yugoslav republics, such as Serbia and current independent states NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCO noncommissioned officer NGO nongovernmental organization OHR Office of the High Representative (UN) OPORD operational order OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSI Office of Special Investigations (U.S. Air Force); investigative branch for serious crimes with major responsibilities for counterintelligence, counterespionage, and counterterrorism, headquartered at Quantico, Virginia OSS Office of Strategic Services; U.S. military counterintelligence, special operations, and spy agency during World War II, predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) OTP Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) PIFWC person indicted for war crimes PJP special police units (Kosovo) PLO Palestine Liberation Organization RPG rocket-propelled grenade RSK Republic of Serbian Krajina, an area within Croatia that was declared an independent state by Croatian-Serbs SAJ special antiterrorist units (Kosovo) SAO Serbian autonomous district; regions within Croatia that were declared autonomous and independent by Croatian-Serbs SAS Special Air Service, a component of British Special Forces (UKSF) with elite tier-one stature equal to but predating the U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Delta Force SATCOM satellite communications SBWS Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Srem, an area in eastern Croatia xxvi / ABBREVIATIONS SCI sensitive compartmented information SČP Serbian Četnik Movement SDB Yugoslav federal State Security Service within the Secretariat for Internal Affairs (SUP) SDG Serbian Volunteer Guard SDS Serbian Democratic Party SFOR Stabilization Force SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, formed following World War II with Josip Broz “Tito” as its longtime leader SIGINT signals intelligence SITREP situation report SNB Serbian National Security SPABAT Spanish Battalion SPS Socialist Party of Serbia SRS Serbian Radical Party SSNO Federal Secretariat for People’s Defense STA senior trial attorney of the Office...