Madeleine McCann: A Titanic Struggle With The Germans And Slavery In Morocco
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “IS MADELEINE A CHILD SLAVE IN MOROCCO?”
“Madeleine McCann may have been condemned to a life of slavery working as a ‘little maid’ for a rich Arab family…” Or not
Page 5: “’Madeleine will be used as a little maid’” – so suggests Inspector Hicham Alaoui of the Moroccan Police in El Hajeb near Fez
Little maids, notes the paper, are “collected by rich families as ‘curiosities’ as well as servants. A woman from a group called Ecpatuk says such children are “vulnerable to abuse”. The Express sys the girls are abused “physically, emotionally and sexually”. Can Madeleine McCann be among them? Maybe…
“Sacked detective called in to help with the probe” – Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral is talking with new chief Paulo Rebelo
“Fury over magazine ‘sick’ ads” – German magazine titanic has lampooned the case, using Madeleine’s image in spoof supermarket adverts. Gerry and Kate McCann call it “sick” and “very hurtful”. The magazine says Madeleine McCann is “getting a bit much for many people”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Clear us… you have no case”
Says a friend of Kate and Gerry McCann: “They are adamant they should now be cleared”, as are many suspects in ongoing investigations
Page 7: “McCann ‘clear us’ demand’” – Says Clarence Mitchell: “If the reports are true clearly it would indicate the police absolutely, and quite rightly, have no case against Kate and Gerry”
DAILY MAIL front page: “Oh. Come off it, Heather, how dare you compare your ordeal to Kate McCann’s?” Heather Mills is on the telly
Page 7: “Police pursuit of McCanns ‘is running out of steam’” – The public prosecutor in Portugal says Kate and Gerry McCann will not face further police interviews “unless detectives can produce stronger evidence against them”
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective with Surrey Police, says the McCann’s private detectives could be on the wrong trail in Morocco. Or not
THE SUN page 24: “GERMAN MAG’S SICK JOKES ABOUT MADDIE – McCanns’ horror as spoof ad pokes fun at lost girl”
Ad advert in satirical Titantic magazine promises the kitchen cleaner will “remove all traces at the home” even DNA traces. The adverts warn that just because Madeleine’s face is on the product it does not mean they can be taken for free. The Sun is disgusted. It reproduces the images and the words to allow its readers to share in its disgust
A march on the German embassy is not yet in the planning
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE SICK NEW TWIST – Horror at German abuse of missing tot”
The Germans have her. A German paedo!
Page 7: “TOTALLY SICK – A full reproduction of the spoof adverts. “McCann’s agony as rag mocks hunt for Maddie.” Thanks to the Star and Sun, the McCanns now know that an obscure German magazines has made jokes about their case
Says Clarence Mitchell: “It shows Madeleine herself no respect… The magazine did not seek permission to use Madeleine’s image to be used on this so-called joke. It they had it would almost certainly not have been given”
So much for doing anything to keep Madeleine in the news
THE INDEPENDENT page 5: “Mills: I am treated as badly as Kate McCann and Diana.” More on Lady Mucca
THE TELEGRAPH page 9: “Madeleine police ‘consult sacked head of inquiry’” – chief inspector Goncalo Amaral is on the case. Sort of
The paper says detectives are “no closer to solving the case”. And the campaign to find Madeleine goes on…
THE TIMES and THE GUARDIAN: No Madeleine news today
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November 1st, 2007 at 9:36 pm
1086 bianchigirl
And don’t those IVF babies often take a while to actually “work”?
I thought you do the treatment over and over until a baby is conceived. I didn’t think it was a done deal by impregnating an egg in a test tube. That’s usually why it costs so much isn’t it?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Clarkeson
Nearly miss you. I was talk of Jolie post early on. Hitchen keep hint he get inside info cos he Brit journo in Oz. Now is buenos noches.
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Jolie Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Yeah, I’ve got a bee up my butt, and I’m single-minded in my posting today. Please bear with me.
Following up my 452 post
Today’s post (Nov. 1) (which is yesterday in Australia, which is where the blog is from) by Mike Hitchen is all about asking questions: The McCanns: Why?
http://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2007/11/mccanns-why.html
In it he writes:
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I honestly feel we will know at least part of answer in the near future, though I doubt we will ever know the full sordid story of fear, protection and called in favours.
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Doesn’t read like it’s written by someone who currently has the answers now does it?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:34 pm
1076- Stevo- it’s either that or have the whole “you support neglect” argument with Ian for the umpteen thousanth time!
November 1st, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I was just speaking to a friend of mine who has just had her first child through IVF - one of the first things she said to me was ‘well, she cost me xxxx thousand quid’.
I found this a very curious thing to say about an apparently much longed for child but it made me think about whether, if your child in some way carries a ‘price tag’ (born through surrogacy or IVF), then you expect them to give you your money’s worth. And if they’re difficult, or imperfect are they therefore not ‘value for money’ and does that affect your relationship with them?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:33 pm
1038 Escarlata Spain
Mike Hitchen may or may not have inside information, but from his behavior toward me and others on his blog today, I suspect that he’s a poser–making himself out to be more important in the McCann drama than he really is. His alleged pretense at knowing the dirt about the McCanns (who he calls the ’swinging swiggers’ among other names) keeps his avid followers tuning in to his blog each day, hoping for him to finally reveal what he knows, which he hasn’t yet so far.
Press Ctrl F on your keyboard and type in Jolie to find my posts .here today Most of my early ones concern Mike Hitchen.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:33 pm
has that story , about american girl found by great mcann detectives dissapeared
November 1st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
mods an admin
the oct 31st post that is missing ie not under maddie forum is called
Madeleine McCann: Robert Murat, Maddy 129 And 2006 Revisited
Are you able to move it to forum?
Thanks
November 1st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
1079- Thea/Mike. Yes. Mike is Irish.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
The other thing about blondes that shouldn’t be forgotten is that Liverpool is perhaps the bottle-blonde capital of the world. Was Madeleine really blonde or is that the Liverpool in Kate at work?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Let’s put that on a cereal box!! “We are a serpent with 10 million heads!”
November 1st, 2007 at 9:31 pm
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Thea Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Ahh what’s in a name to an Englishman? Obviously a lot. Blame it on Shakespeare. Or the lacking chromosome structure of male DNA.
And who is the Englishman?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:31 pm
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matty Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Dora 479- I am a great mother??? Allowing your child to run up and down aisles in a shop expecting to be chased shows a total lack of parental control and discipline. Surely you should keep your child under control in a public place. A good old fashioned hard smack works wonders with my four year old.
Matty I was just out of university when I married and had three girls in quick succession. Times were tough enough financially and I didn’t go out apart from shopping and parks etc during the day with my girls.We just couldn’t afford a babysitter. My husband worked long hours and I stayed at home. My girls are women today and in all that time I never laid a hand on any of them. They are close to me and say with great affection how Inever punished them. I didn’t have to . I talked to them non stop and read to them and so on . If my children were young today I wouldn’be wasting time on this site gossiping Iwould be doing something with them Ican assure you. As far as giving them freedom , well yes I was the mum who finger painted ,baked and once or twice chased one or other down the aisle of a supermarket. Believe me childhood goes by very fast and you will either be the mum who slapped or the mum who gently guided. I hope this doesn’t offend you but working now with children in a professional capacity I believe I know what I’m talking about. However it takes time and energy sometimes all your time and energy , but it will be so worth it believe me.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:30 pm
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Peter O
What’s the significance of the long sleeve tops?
Sunburn protection maybe?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Ian
It’s really not surprising that the trouble makers in here tend to discuss anything other than the subject in hand is it?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:30 pm
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Kris Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Mike, you shallow bastard! You men are all the same. One bad haircut, five extra pounds, a simple name change, and you dump us in the gutter
Extra pounds I like! Where?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
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brianthesnail Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
whats up garthy boy, all out of insults are you? come on im waiting garthy surely you could spare me one more from that rancid tongue of yours. come on matey it brightens up my day.
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Dont go braindead…………damn aol keeps logging me off.
Anyway, brightening up your day? I’d sure like to do that me ol mate.
Ian wrote
I wish you’d tell us what is gnawing at you.
Your kidding about the number of ‘pro-mccanners’ here arent you, how deluded could you be to believe that the majority of people support the Mccanns - I can assure you that in the UK the press have singularly failed to influence despite a constantly pro-Mccann stance. Everyone is shocked at their use of the fund and their neglect of the tots.
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You getting all serious on me?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Didn’t realise a book about Madeleine was being published!!!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/31/wmaddy131.xml
November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Ahh what’s in a name to an Englishman? Obviously a lot. Blame it on Shakespeare. Or the lacking chromosome structure of male DNA.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Bueno Noches
November 1st, 2007 at 9:28 pm
1066- I doubt it. There are an awful lot of young blonde girls in Texas.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:27 pm
1063- Ian, oh ferchrissakes! Give it a rest already! You’re such a troll with that one.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Funny how the “popularity contest” angle cropped up for this forum. Of course the McConnSpin machine is all about exactly that - making the fragrant lovelies look popular to the plebs…
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Mike, you shallow bastard! You men are all the same. One bad haircut, five extra pounds, a simple name change, and you dump us in the gutter.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Noticed an article on abcnews.com about a 2-5 year old blonde girl washing up on a beach in texas in a storage box.Girl was found on Monday night and police have no idea of her identity.Surely not?
Sorry but i dont know how to provide the link.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Pray for the Little Soul.
With all due apologies but why is it that astrologers can always postdict and never predict?
You don’t need an astrologer to tell you that the McCanns are deceitful and strange.
But if you could explain to me the connection between Tanner’s lying 2 weeks after M went missing, with her claims that she saw someone and Murat?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
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Can’t say No Says:
November 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pm
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Judith C
I don’t know if it’s a mine. I only know, from a very true source
a) They know what hapened in Huelva
b) They know - the dangerous relations that the Mccans have
For know , this is the only thing i can remember.
IT’S TIME TO MAKE JUSTICE TO MADELEINE
Are we going to allow , this horrendus murder , stays unpunished ????
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No we are not, we are serpent with ten million heads.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
1057 Stig.
Whats your motive for supporting child neglect anyway? Is there something you arent telling us?
November 1st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
1051 Thea- Yes, we were frequently found canoodling in the Algarve– bottles of wine, tapas up the yinyang, kids nowhere to be found! But, it appears he liked me better when I was “Krissie.” The name was, I dunno, more snuggly. Since I became Kris, he’s become crude! I thought he loved me for me. But somehow it appears he loved me only for my, sniff sniff, Anorak moniker!
November 1st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
1024 Stevo Says:
Peter O
Edit…
Regarding the two McCann photos from the week in PDL…
Edit….
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What’s the significance of the long sleeve tops?
Don’t really know about the swimwear thing. Kids tend to be comfy wearing anything to play in the pool. Also, remember they were between lunch and crèche allegedly… If you want something possibly suspicious….. I can’t see any signs of ‘lunch’ on either of the children…. Maybe it was a ‘dry lunch’, maybe they are just very tidy eaters?
As I’ve often said before.. On the basis we’ve never seen the original camera files, a JPG file in and of itself cannot tell you what day any picture was taken. You’d need to question others in the picture and try to verify date and times that way.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:23 pm
1003 Garth
Bitter arent you!
I wish you’d tell us what is gnawing at you.
Your kidding about the number of ‘pro-mccanners’ here arent you, how deluded could you be to believe that the majority of people support the Mccanns - I can assure you that in the UK the press have singularly failed to influence despite a constantly pro-Mccann stance. Everyone is shocked at their use of the fund and their neglect of the tots.