The start of the war against Iraq has generated a huge spike in web traffic to military sites, along with associated bottlenecks, which have impacted access to sites that include the U.S. Army Home Page and the UK Home Office’s site for terrorism information and advice. Commercial sites such as Yahoo News are also reporting a three-fold increase in traffic.
For additional resources on the conflict, see the following metasites: from the Joyner Library, East Carolina University, The War on Terrorism: Saddam Hussein and Iraq and from the Journalist’s Toolbox, Conflict: Iraq and the United States.