"When Allied forces were last on their way to the Gulf in 1991, the Internet was little more than a gaggle of bearded academics swapping information on their latest computer programs," reports Owen Gibson. Today, however, the web "is opening up a world of different perspectives and viewpoints. ... Sites such as Afghanistan Online [3] and Islamic Gateway [4] saw a thousandfold increase in their traffic while web users also flocked to sites such as Stopwar.org.uk [5] and Amnesty International [6]. And just last week, interested parties were able to flick from the French press [7] to the US tabloids [8] and back again to see how differing views on the war were taking shape.