Web Week

War of words: Conspiracy theorists have been making a meal of the reasons why Arabic TV channel al-Jazeera's newly launched English site has struggled to be visible or who hacked and defaced its main site with US flags. Speculation inevitably pointed to the Pentagon and other places. Sites covering hacking, such as hacktivismo.com, try to keep up with the confusing story. The disruption came as British group Index on Censorship gave an award to the channel for "circumventing censorship". The World Press Review site reports that amid growing tensions, Egyptians are upset that the site has disappeared. The French foreign ministry has launched a site of updates on the French position on Iraq. Try reading a history of Iraq. With the term Geneva Convention being used freely by both sides in the war to point the finger at each other's tactics, have a look at what the convention actually says.

Light relief

Among the attempts at light relief from the war coverage comes a Gulf War drinking game, or Saddam's supposed daily web log. April Fools gallery If you missed your quota of April Fool jokes on Tuesday check out Backfire Security to see some of the better ones from past years. Read also about its free software that wreaks revenge on hackers.

Staring at criminals

In prominent court cases where media cameras are banned, an artist sketches the accused and witnesses so we can get an idea of their appearance. Britain's Elizabeth Cook makes a living out of it and has put up a site featuring her rogue's gallery, including her drawing of Lord Archer in the dock.

Bowling along

Independent filmmaker Michael Moore produced one of the more lively moments of the Academy Awards with his anti-war, anti-Bush tirade. Moore, author of Stupid White Men and maker of the anti-gun documentary Bowling for Columbine, remains uncompromising in his views on his own site.

english.aljazeera.net

www.aljazeera.net

hacktivismo.com

Index on Censorship

World Press Review

French position on Iraq

History of Iraq

Geneva Conventions

Gulf War drinking game
Saddam's weblog

Backfire Security

Court Artist

Michael Moore