Some major new web sites such as CNN.COM, MSNBC.COM, etc have dropped most
advertisements from their main web pages. CNN.COM has switched to its
"breaking news" format with a truncated main page.
I have not had any difficulty reaching any major US news web site. Matrix
and Keynote public graphs show normal latency, drops, etc. BGP, ASN data
sources show normal number of prefixes, announcements, withdrawals.
AT&T and Cable&Wireless public network statistic pages show almost all
major links within normal levels.
However, tonight I am not able to reach the few Iraq servers I know about.
The servers were reachable on Monday, but I wasn't keeping constant track
of those servers. So I don't know when I could no longer reach them. This
may just be normal network flakiness, the Iraqi networks aren't very
reliable on a normal day.
I've noticed a small upswing in traffic over the last hour or two, and not
to the usual "midnight browsing frenzy" locations.
CNN, Yahoo, MSN, etc., all seem to be responding as usual (CNN had more
latency at noon. Go figure.)
As for sites in Iraq... I feel for the poor tech who pulled "cable rat" duty
this week on whatever colo/CO facilities they have. or had. 
However, tonight I am not able to reach the few Iraq servers I know about.
The servers were reachable on Monday, but I wasn't keeping constant track
of those servers. So I don't know when I could no longer reach them. This
may just be normal network flakiness, the Iraqi networks aren't very
reliable on a normal day.
The Iraqi News Agency (http://www.uruklink.net/iraqnews/eindex.htm) web
site, and other servers I've been checking, appear to be reachable again.
It may have just been "normal" network flakiness.
CNN.COM is still running in breaking news mode, but other major news sites
have switched back to their "big" pages. Advertisements and pop-ups seem
to coming back on news sites.
Matrix systems shows a slight latency increase overnight, but has returned
normal levels.
They seem to be somewhat slashdotted from the perspective of a cogent
customer (nee FNSI), or . Guessing they won't get to many more updates from
the old Iraqi Information Ministry ...