Al Jazeera website, as a network, has tended to be sympathetic to Anonymous, in recognition of substantial Anon material support for uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and the region.
An unofficial guest Opinion on the Al Jazeera website brings a bemused analysis, mocking the Spanish Police for being clueless, and talking out their ass, with their recent claim to have arrested Anonymous "leadership".
"The dismantlement of the leadership of the hacktivist organisation Anonymous," they said. The way the announcement was made has caused netizens to make fun of what they consider the authorities' lack of understanding of the internet's architecture and culture. This is another sign of the gap between people and their political representatives, a key cause of citizen mobilisations against the two main political parties in Spain, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Party (PP).
Al Jazeera Guest Opinion
According to the Police...
"Three of its leaders were arrested in our country. One of them kept a server in his house, from which attacks were coordinated and carried out against government, financial and business websites all over the world (...) Through DDoS (Distributed denial of service), they attacked the Sony PlayStation store, the BBVA bank, Bankia, ENEL and the websites of the governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand."
Official Spanish Police Communique (Spanish)
Anonymous responded quickly with DDoS, shutting down the Spanish Police website, lol, and issued a communique, below the squiggle...
Further Reporting:
National Examiner Article