Cyberjihadis Roast the Stomachs of Bloggers Everywhere

It appears a massive denial-of-service attack originating from Saudi Arabia took down a number of your favorite megablogs today.  Michelle Malkin is maintaining a list of affected sites and status updates throughout the day.  The e-fatwah rained down upon:

Instapundit (***Glenn is posting on his back-up site here***)
Power Line
Captain's Quarters
Pundit Guy
Chuck Simmins
Small Dead Animals
Radioblogger
Hugh Hewitt
IMAO
Mountaineer Musings
Say Uncle
Counterterrorism Blog
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Castle Arggh! - John Donovan
She Who Will Be Obeyed - Beth Donovan
Michael Totten
Ticklish Ears
Samizdata
Theodore's World

I notice Google Reader has been on the fritz most of the afternoon too.  Then again, it's a temperamental sort on the best of days.

FAQ:

• What's a denial-of-service attack?
• Did the etherfiends really target this site on April 1st?
• Don't those nutty jihadis have anything better to do with their time?
• How do they keep all that sand out of their keyboards anyway?