You're so damn close you're smoking. You got the name though so I'll go ahead and elaborate. The items that gave the buildup to the invasion away may be hard to discover.
Julian Assange was a teenager in Australia during this time and he was involved in early hacking circles. For those of you not familiar with budding technology and the DIY aspect of it during the 80's when it was all accessible, there used to be hamfests dating back to before I was born where ham radio aficionados of all caliber met to trade. A lot like gunshows used to be before they went political. I used to go to them all when I was a kid (they were a LOT of fun with good deals too, especially prior to May 86!) Early computer tech was generally traded at these, most people had no idea of what this stuff was capable of and hackers freely and openly discussed and traded programs and hardware.
This is where Julian Assange got his start, where he met the right people. Their big thing was that they hacked into systems for information, but NEVER stole information or moved it around. So they figured they weren't doin anything wrong and this was sort of before internet crimes, period. But they drew attention they didn't want, and they figured publishing a buildup to an invasion of Iraq was something people needed to know.
The item he found that was glaring was: Coca Cola. Pallets and pallets of coca cola. This was an order that FAR exceeded the typical consumption of the destination and it also had to do with where it was being sent. There were other shipments too, but this one was the one that gave it away. I wanna say large amounts of toilet paper in a place that doesn't go through that much also rang a bell.
Regarding the Dutch connection, IIRC there were some Dutch or Germans that were involved somehow and Assange and his group were spooked when at least one of them was found to have "committed suicide by self immolation" though it was widely suspected the burning of the body was to cover up some other assignation method.
Pretty crazy, huh? I didn't know Assange went that far back until I learned this. He's been hacking and disseminating information since 15yo at least.
Julian Assange was a teenager in Australia during this time and he was involved in early hacking circles. For those of you not familiar with budding technology and the DIY aspect of it during the 80's when it was all accessible, there used to be hamfests dating back to before I was born where ham radio aficionados of all caliber met to trade. A lot like gunshows used to be before they went political. I used to go to them all when I was a kid (they were a LOT of fun with good deals too, especially prior to May 86!) Early computer tech was generally traded at these, most people had no idea of what this stuff was capable of and hackers freely and openly discussed and traded programs and hardware.
This is where Julian Assange got his start, where he met the right people. Their big thing was that they hacked into systems for information, but NEVER stole information or moved it around. So they figured they weren't doin anything wrong and this was sort of before internet crimes, period. But they drew attention they didn't want, and they figured publishing a buildup to an invasion of Iraq was something people needed to know.
The item he found that was glaring was: Coca Cola. Pallets and pallets of coca cola. This was an order that FAR exceeded the typical consumption of the destination and it also had to do with where it was being sent. There were other shipments too, but this one was the one that gave it away. I wanna say large amounts of toilet paper in a place that doesn't go through that much also rang a bell.
Regarding the Dutch connection, IIRC there were some Dutch or Germans that were involved somehow and Assange and his group were spooked when at least one of them was found to have "committed suicide by self immolation" though it was widely suspected the burning of the body was to cover up some other assignation method.
Pretty crazy, huh? I didn't know Assange went that far back until I learned this. He's been hacking and disseminating information since 15yo at least.
