Davor Domazet-Lošo
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Davor Domazet-Lošo (born 1 May 1948) is a
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n politician, writer, and a retired
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of the
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.


Biography


Military career

Domazet-Lošo graduated from all the
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schools, including the Military Academy, and started his military career in the
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. Domazet-Lošo (then a
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) defected to the
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in july 1991. He became actively involved in military operations and organized the military intelligence services. He became the head of the Office for Strategic Research (1991), and the head of the Intelligence Service of the Croatian Army Headquarters (1992). In 1992, he and
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were the chief commanders of the
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front and the large area of military operations covering the northern and central
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, southern
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. His biggest strategic successes include the planning of major operations in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (
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,
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, Operation South Move) and the fight against enemy intelligence, as well as the incursions into the enemy camp - the most spectacular being the wiretapping of
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in his Belgrade headquarters. He continued his career in the Croatian Army, becoming a
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and finally an
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in 2000. He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Chief of Staff (1998–2000).


After retirement

Domazet-Lošo was forced into retirement in 2000, after he and eleven other generals signed an
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accusing the Croatian president
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of participating in the attempt to denigrate and criminalize the
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and its participants. Later he became one of the leaders of a political party, Croatian True Revival. Ever since his days in the Yugoslav Army, Domazet-Lošo has been publishing numerous expert articles on the issues of war, navy and submarines. His more recent works deal with
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and
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. His most important work in that area is ''Hrvatska i veliko ratište'' (Croatia and the Large Front, 2002). He published his last two books, ''Gospodari kaosa'' (Masters of Chaos), in 2005 and ''Klonovi nastupaju'' (Clones perform), in 2007. Domazet-Lošo was interrogated by the representatives of the
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in 2002. In December 2010,
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stated that, based on the May 2008 trial judgment of
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and Mirko Norac regarding war crimes committed by Croatian soldiers in the Operation Medak Pocket, Domazet-Lošo and his superior
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had command responsibility and should be prosecuted. In January 2011 the
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reported that "inquests are being made" in the case of Domazet-Lošo, but noted that the ICTY transferred files related to him saying they had a "lack of evidence" to bring forth a case. Domazet-Lošo then held a press conference in which he rejected these accusations calling them pressure on Croatia in its process of accession to the European Union. Domazet-Lošo has publicly expressed support for a number of
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. He is a proponent of the
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theory, and believes
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were faked in order to spread fear among the population. He has stated that
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was artificially created, and that the purpose of the
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is to implant an "ID chip" into its recipient.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Domazet-Loso, Davor 1948 births Living people People from Sinj Military personnel of the Croatian War of Independence Croatian admirals Croatian non-fiction writers Military writers Croatian True Revival politicians Officers of the Yugoslav People's Army COVID-19 conspiracy theorists Croatian conspiracy theorists