History
The White Eagles paramilitary group was formed in 1991-1992 by Dragoslav Bokan and Mirko Jović. Jović called for "a Christian, Orthodox Serbia with no Muslims and no unbelievers". Šešelj states that the group was started by Jović but they got out of his control. According to Šešelj the White Eagles and Arkan's Tigers operated with help from the Yugoslav counterintelligence service.
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