ZAGREB, Nov 5 (Hina) - "I have the strength and will to stand before any court, as I was a part of a victorious army," retired Croatian Admiral Davor Domazet-Loso said on Tuesday night during a promotion of his book entitled "Hrvatska
I Veliko Ratiste" ("Croatia and a Big Battlefield" in an unofficial translation). The sub-title of his book, presented in the overcrowded hall of "Sheraton" Hotel, is "Medjunarodne Igre Na Prostoru Zvanom Bivsa Jugoslavija (or "International Games in the Area Called a Former Yugoslavia" in an unofficial translation).
ZAGREB, Nov 5 (Hina) - "I have the strength and will to stand before
any court, as I was a part of a victorious army," retired Croatian
Admiral Davor Domazet-Loso said on Tuesday night during a promotion
of his book entitled "Hrvatska I Veliko Ratiste" ("Croatia and a Big
Battlefield" in an unofficial translation). The sub-title of his
book, presented in the overcrowded hall of "Sheraton" Hotel, is
"Medjunarodne Igre Na Prostoru Zvanom Bivsa Jugoslavija (or
"International Games in the Area Called a Former Yugoslavia" in an
unofficial translation). #L#
Domazet asserted that in south-east Europe the interests of
international great powers were overlapping, and that the last
decade saw a kind of great experiment which he labelled as "the
determined chaos".
"In that chaos there are neither winners nor the defeated, but
Croatia did win the war, bringing confusion in plans of great
powers," he added.
He insists on efforts to be made to eliminate a theory that in
Croatia it had been civil war, and added that it should be stressed
that Croatia was the target of the Serbian aggression.
He recalled that during the Homeland Defence War, Croatia was the
first to oppose terrorism.
As regards Bosnia, he added that in the war Livno and Kupres had been
strategic points and the victories of the Croat armed forces in that
area saved the entire Bosnia-Herzegovina.
He further expounded the strategy of the war in Croatia.
He added that despite the will of big powers and centres in this part
of Europe, Croatia could find its niche if it cherished its
identity. "And one of important elements of that identity is the
victory in the Homeland War," he stressed.
Present at the promotion of his book were many leaders of opposition
parties, retired generals, lawyers of ICTY indictees and some other
public figures.
Admiral Domazet graduated from military and naval academy in Split
in 1971 and used to be a high-ranking officer in the former Yugoslav
Navy. During the Homeland War Domazet was the head of the Croatian
Army's intelligence department and the deputy chief-of-staff and
later chief-of staff of the armed forces. He was retired after he
signed a letter which 12 Croatian generals forwarded to the public
in September 2000.
(hina) ms