Radio War Nerd EP 309 — The Serbian Red Berets, Part 2

Guests: Boris Mamëz & Rey Katula, co-hosts The Empire Never Ended Recorded: December 17, 2021 Part 2 in our series on the Serbian Red Berets, with hosts from the podcast The Empire Never Ended. This episode, we begin with the end of the Bosnia war in 1996, when the Red Berets transform from a secretive Serbian state paramilitary/death squad into an official elite special forces branch, the Unit for Special Operations of the State Security of Serbia (JSO)...but it doesn't take long for old habits to return with a vengeance, culminating in the assassination of Serbia's prime minister, Zoran Djindjic. Listen to Part 1 of the Serbian Red Berets series here. Check out The Empire Never Ended podcast. Follow TENE on Twitter. Interlude music by Brendon Anderegg. Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Total time: 2:10:26 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here