Madeleine McCann: Scare Stories, Kate McCann’s Job And No Mari Luz
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS: “FIVE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPS LINK TO MADELEINE CASE”
“Detectives searching for Madeleine McCann are now investigating a spate of attempted child abductions across Portugal.
“At least five kidnap attempts have been reported in the past month, leading officers from the Madeleine team to examine the details for possible connections.”
What of the headline “link” to Madeleine McCann – well, the alleged attempted kidnappings all occurred in Portugal
But “Last week Justice Minister Alberto Costa revealed that the head detective, Paulo Rebelo, was coming to the end of his case”, says the WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman: “It’s alarming to hear that this sort of thing can happen, particularly in a country that is so aware of the potential for abduction”
DAILY MIRROR: “Maddy: 5 scares in Portugal”
Police searching for Madeleine McCann are also investigating five attempted child abductions in northern Portugal. They began when a nine-year-old girl was bundled into a car as she got off her school bus. Two more children were attacked last month and last Thursday two men tried to lure a girl of nine into a car. Last Saturday, another child escaped abduction. One police source said: “It is causing a lot of alarm.”
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine McCann’s disappearance is ‘linked to a string of child abductions’”
Police investigating Madeleine McCann’s disappearance have been alerted over a spate of attempted child abductions in northern Portugal, it has been revealed. At least four children have been targeted in the last month in the region of Coimbra, where a nine-year-old girl escaped from an abductor in December.
It’s five children. The Express and Mirror both say its five
KATE McCANN: “Meanwhile, it is understood Kate McCann is quitting her job as a locum GP to devote her life to children’s charities. Mrs McCann has not returned to work since Madeleine’s disappearance in May and has reportedly told friends she feels she has a lot to offer charity organisations.
THE SCOTSMAN: “Torment of Madeleine’s family ‘is like being crucified’”
Kate McCann’s mother Susan Healey says: “It is almost like being crucified day to day. I read the most stupid things about Kate not crying enough or whatever”
Adding: “Kate and Gerry know they made a mistake and shouldn’t have left the children, they know that, but they certainly don’t deserve what has happened to them. If the Portuguese can’t find out what happened to Madeleine, we have to find out. There is no way Madeleine will fade into insignificance”
Gerry McCann is a “surgeon”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Missing Amy’s parents offer cash reward”
The parents of missing Irish expat Amy Fitzpatrick have offered a cash reward for information on her whereabouts. Franco Rey, spokesman for Amy’s Stepfather David Mahon and Amy’s mum Audrey, said: “A substantial reward is on offer to anyone who can provide reliable information on Amy’s whereabouts. Any information received will be treated within the strictest confidence.”
And:
Dubliner Mr Mahon (36) has also travelled to Tangiers in northern Morocco to investigate the possibility the teenager was snatched and taken to Africa.
Rewards have also been offered for missing Briton Madeleine McCann and missing Spanish girl Mari Luz Cortes. The family of five-year-old Mari Luz, snatched from her home in Huelva in south-west Spain on January 13, is offering €300,000 for information on her whereabouts. Rewards totalling £2.6m were offered within 10 days of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance on May 3 last year from the Algarve holiday resort of Praia da Luz.
TYPICALLY SPANISH: “parents of missing Mari Luz are against her image being used in a Madeleine McCann poster campaign”
Mari Luz’s father, Juan José Cortés, said after a meeting with Manuel Chaves, President of the Junta de Andalucía, this weekend, that, while he is not against collaborating in the search for Madeleine and ‘even helping to draw up a poster of all the missing youngsters,’ the lines of investigation into the disappearance of the two young girls are distinct, and are being carried out in two separate countries. EFE [Spanish news agency] said he is considering taking legal action for using his daughter’s image for the campaign.
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:47 am
The Internet is a little like Newtons third law. Web sites generate Web sites.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Jolie
I’ve googled all the conspiracy theory sites.
It’s what I do in lunch hour.
I’ve got a friend whose dissertation is on the link between interest in conspiracy theories and an interest in the Paranormal and aliens. I think her argument is that people excluded from mainstream narratives create their own.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:38 am
860
REPORTER
It is? What statute or case precedent is the source REPORTER?
February 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Jolie
Unless you’re directly involved the only way to watch anything unfold is through the media.
I’m lucky in that I know quite a few people who work in the British Parliament and in the Scottish Parliament - so, I do have practical experience plus I’ve heard a lot of the gossip.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Goodnight, Jolie. Keep your chin up!
February 19th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Oh dear, my ignorance excludes me.
Sob, Sob, Sob.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:32 am
“I am not a crook.”
February 19th, 2008 at 12:31 am
1026 Karen
When you are ready to find out more about how things are, you will. I don’t think you are ready yet, though. I could spend days writing down things, researching articles and links, giving examples, but that really would detract from the point of the forum more than necessary. If someone does start a relevant thread on this subject on the Anorak forum, I will be there, though.
I’ve written enough depressing things here for one day, I think.
Have a good night, Karen, and to everyone else, too.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Nixon didn’t order the burglary, if I’m not mistaken. He’s guilty of the cover-up. That’s what cost him his job and reputation (among many other things).
February 19th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I’m almost glad that my kids, for their own reasons, not due to politics, though, do not want children of their own. Worrying about your family is much more difficult and harder to bear than thoughts of your own personal safety. When my kids are grown, at least I’ll know that they can think for themselves and make choices to protect themselves. Kids are a whole other story. I still have 11 more years until my youngest is an adult, though.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Jolie
A lot of governments are terrible - but none of them has managed to be as sneaky as you would have to be to pull off 9/11.
Nixon couldn’t even burgle a hotel room.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:24 am
I agree, Jolie. I really fear for my nephews and niece.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am
1016 Lex
I appreciate your compliment–thank you.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Karen, you are obviously an Illuminati stooge. Possibly even a high-ranking Reptilian.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Karen
but Gerry and Kate are lizard people !
February 19th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Karen,
Life experience and seeing current events unfold while you are an adult (and not just through books) will perhaps change your mind and your perspective on government and history. I’m just glad that I’m already more than half way through my life to be honest, because I think the years ahead of us will be very challenging.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:22 am
What’s a pod-person?
February 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Lex
Reptiles???
I think David predicted the Isle of Arran would sink beneath the sea in about 1990. It’s still there.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Saul is one of the pod-people too?
February 19th, 2008 at 12:19 am
And if you’d rather hoped to have a break from conspiracy talk this evening, that’s quite all right, too.
I have to leave soon to do some shopping anyway.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I’ve just read the disagreement that you lot are talking about. Jolie, I like your style.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Jolie
I wasn’t ignoring you, I looked back to see what everyone said after I had to run for the bus.
I didn’t mean to be rude to Aardvarko, I was just being casual.
It’s just sad that people go for the big entertaining theories over the boring business of trying to make Democracies more accountable for the shoddy things we know they do.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Thanks for your answer.
And, yes, it is a huge step. Some people really don’t care about their fellow citizens, though, as painful as it is to realize this. You do believe that individuals can be that heartless and ruthless, don’t you, such as rapists and murders. You do believe that people throughout history have in their own countries used or take governmental power and/or military control to massacre their fellow citizens on much larger scales than we’re talking about here, don’t you?
Is is because our current government officials wear suits that you believe them to be more decent and civilized?
Don’t worry, I’m not determined to convince you. Just having a conversation, if you’d like one.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Karen, wish I had been around this afternoon.
I posted with several of the Zietgeisters earlier today
February 19th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Karen, it’s not such a huge step. Not at all. You’re being naive. Check out the David Icke forums.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Jolie
20.
And I didn’t mean literal qualifications.
I meant sources.
If Aardvarkos only sources for various conspiracy theories are from google - it’s not credible.
It’s a huge step from lies and spin - to murdering 3000 of your fellow citizens and deliberately unleashing a virus that still doesn’t have a cure.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am
It won’t be long now, anyway. I have great faith in Coldwater. There will finally be some real news this week. The net is closing…
February 19th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Karen,
This evening Marie Nicholas posted you an apology for one of her earlier posts.
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Marie Nicholas Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
431 Karen
I am sorry about my post this afternoon, (431). I thought you were a bit rude, but I was too, and you have the excuse of being young.
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Which explains why I just asked how old you are (it’s fine, of course, not to give me an answer).
February 19th, 2008 at 12:08 am
lex
No bloody polish conspiracy vodka! 2007!
February 19th, 2008 at 12:05 am
1005 Brandon
Had he been drinking the communion wine?