Sunday, November 21, 2010

Comments from the Express

 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/212734/Kate-and-Gerry-McCann-get-help-from-JK-Rowling-



JK Rowling book burning in the States.
And incidents of book burning continue into the 21st century. In 2001, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter children’s books were branded as “satanic” and burned in a bonfire at a church in Alamagordo, New Mexico. In 2003, Harry Potter books were also burned in a church bonfire in Greenville, Michigan. In both cases, the clergy stated that they had never read these books.

 

AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 10:11am
Why not a true account?
Creative accounting, more like it.
Having looked on Amazon and seen all the tags on the book's page, it's obvious that people no longer believe the ****.
Why was there no report in the UK medias that they are in contempt of Court for refusing to comply with a Court Order to return the unbanned books to Sr Amaral's publisher?
What's the point of publishing a book in 5 months' time when their daughter could be found anytime?
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INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST?

21.11.10, 10:00am
I read Donal's 'report'....either he was having a moment and pointing out how completely ludicrous the abduction theory was or he is slightly unhinged!

There is no hope that UK journalists will have the courage to properly report on this, all the Rogatory reports are there now for people to read, but the press don't even comment on them!

The Express paid out a great deal but even to my untutored eye it seems the time lines (various versions) are the result of collusion, and the Express could have grounds to seek its money back through the courts.

Perhaps investigative journalism may return via the Standard, with the Express growing a spine a few months later?
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THE TRUTH OF THE LIE BY DR. AMARAL

21.11.10, 9:30am
"Her book is also an opportunity to explain why she and Gerry did not join the search for **** on the fateful night, yet found the time to delete their mobile phone records".

I couldn't have put it better myself Chared. Apparently they also thought it was too cold to go out that night despite the fact that there were so many people who dropped what they were doing and helped the police search.

I just hope that Dr. Amaral will get his un-banned book back on the bookshelves (which are currently being held illegally by the ****'s Portuguese lawyer) and that that will include the UK too - the sheeples here have not yet been told the truth and it is high time an investigative journalist got to the bottom of what really happened on the night of 3 May 2007.
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KATE TO TELL THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 6:46am
why would jk rowling help 2 child neglectors surely she has read the official files before her offer of help kate and gerry?.Is there no one who wants to help ****.
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KATE TO TELL THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 6:21am
So if kate is going to tell the truth does that mean she lied to the pj??.also the only book i want to read is Dr Amarals,The Truth Of The Lie which Kate and Gerry tried to get banned but lucky the ban has now been over turned.
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KATE TO TELL THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 1:15am
When in Portugal Kate refused to give answers to 48 questions asked by the police to progress the search for ****. Perhaps the truth will include the answers to these questions? Her book is also an opportunity to explain why she and Gerry did not join the search for **** on the fateful night, yet found the time to delete their mobile phone records.
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CHILDHOOD FRIEND

21.11.10, 11:28am
I wonder if Kate will mention her PDL ex-pat childhood friend in her account of the 'truth'?
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MOVIE NEXT?

21.11.10, 11:14am
Doesn't anyone remember they wanted to write this book in 2008? I believe the public weren't exactly WARMED by the idea, given the child was still missing and it was and is not clear as to WHAT happened to her and she still is. So what is the story then? I guess it will be more of how THEY have suffered? HOW bad the Portuguese were, How bad the UK government is etc etc.

Doesn't anyone remember this couple a few weeks ago pleading for the public to donate two pounds a month to pay for wrist bands that they ALREADY charge you for, when they ALREADY KNEW there was a million pound book deal on the table?

As for JK Rowling: Well she does like FICTION doesn't she?



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AN ' ACCOUNT ' OF THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 11:11am
Let's see Snr. Amaral's VERSION OF THE TRUTH in the UK, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

If people reading this column want to see other views go to the MISSING **** FORUM, to read the things the **** don't want you to read.
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"AN" ACCOUNT OF THE TRUTH?

21.11.10, 10:56am
There's more than one, then???
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WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE

21.11.10, 10:52am
Kate says that she wants to give an account of the truth. Haven't we heard the truth before?? The window was jemmied?? Nothing of value was taken from the apartment?? Abandoning the children on a nightly basis was within the bounds of responsible parenting?? Kate was too busy too search for her daughter?? And who cried the night before - was it **** (according to Kate) or was it one of the twins (according to Gerry) - listen to the video interview on youtube. And JK Rowling is happy to be associated with this??

My advice to the **** - ask for the case to be re-opened and co-operate with the Police - and all for free.
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A LOT OF SIMILARITIES

21.11.10, 10:42am
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FOR SUSANA

21.11.10, 12:49pm
most people are neither nasty or unsavoury.
i sense something is not quite right.
i cannot for the life of me understand why parents would just dismiss the dogs findings.

who would get on a plane if the dogs went woof?
most parents would work day and night to get this book printed, if it was to jog peoples memory. why wait till april, it would be published asap,if it really was to find ****.
even if she is coming to no harm,surely you wouldnt want to wait another second to have her back.
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SEARCHING

21.11.10, 12:46pm
As a matter of FACT Susana,

Kate and Gerry never searched for ****, they stayed behind in the apartment, whilst others searched through the night and in the days after, whilst these 2 jogged and played tennis.

So put the blame where it belongs.

THE PARENTS
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TIME TO REOPEN THE WHOLE CASE.

21.11.10, 12:44pm
i'm sick to death of hearing of the **** money making deals.
it's high time the whole group went back to portugal,
explain their time lines,
create a reconstruction using their time lines,
and for kate to answer the 48 questions she refused to answer.
it's about time the british press printed some of the portuguese investigation material.
and the good news that dr.goncalo amaral's book has had the ban lifted.
why don't the great british people ever get both sides of this ludicrous story?


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GOOD LUCK TO THE MCCANNS

21.11.10, 12:24pm
I wish the **** all the luck in the world and hope that one day that they will be reunited with their daughter. They are not bad people and it sickens me to think that some people have nothing better to do with their time than persecute Madeleines parents.
The people leaving the comments here that are abusive and insulting to the **** should take on board that the **** have not been found guilty of anything. They have not given up their search for little **** and they continually keep their child in the news.
The people leaving these unkind comments belong to forums/blogs and they spend their time being abusive towards the ****. This latest influx of abuse here on the express website is currently being bragged about right now on sky news blogs where many of these unnatural and unsavoury people frequent.
I wish the **** all the best in finding dear ****.
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SO WHAT'S NEW?

21.11.10, 12:23pm
As others have said, if the details in this book vary from what we know from the police files the **** and their buddies told the PJ in May 2007 and in April 2008, then they all lied. If the book sticks to those details, then we've heard it all before.

So, what's new? Will Kate **** finally tell us how she knew immediately that her daughter had been taken? Will she reveal how she was sure that **** could not have wandered off? Will she answer the 48 questions? I would be particularly interested in the question in which she was asked if she had considered giving care of **** to a relative. Well, had she?

Were all those friends and relations lying when they said they got phone calls saying the shutters had been 'jemmied.'? They weren't. How come the **** spent most of the night of May 3rd 2007 on the phone instead of out there searching for their daughter?

I doubt we're going to get answers to all those questions that have been being asked for three and a half years. And my final question: why did it take the **** nearly a year to take action against Dr Amaral after his book was published? He wasn;t worth suing before the book looked like a success?
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THE 'STONE LEFT UNTURNED' (RECONSTRUCTION)

21.11.10, 12:04pm
From the Portuguese archiving dispatch (shelving of the case)

"In this sense, the legal procedures were followed, according to the norms and conventions that are in force, and the appearance of the witnesses was requested, inviting them to be present inclusively appealing to solidarity with the **** couple, as it is certain that since the beginning they adhered to that process diligence.

Nevertheless, despite national authorities assuming all measures to render their trip to Portugal viable, for unknown motives, after the many doubts that they raised about the necessity and opportunity of their trip were clarified several times, they chose not to attend, which rendered the diligence inviable.

We believe that the main damage was caused to the **** arguidos, who lost the possibility to prove what they have protested since they were constituted arguidos: their innocence towards the fateful event; the investigation was also disturbed, because said facts remain unclarified."

This is the stone that allowed this case to be closed, why did they allow this?
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GERRY "NO COMMENT"

21.11.10, 11:50am
I wonder if Kate will mention her PDL ex-pat childhood friend in her account of the 'truth'?

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THE TRUTH OF THE LIE?

21.11.10, 11:37am
If Kate **** had any intention of the 'truth' being known, she would have answered the 40+ questions put to her by the Portuguese police and returned for the reconstruction together with Gerry and their Tapas friends.
They are now busy advertising their 'petition' asking for a 'review' of the case.
What good is a 'review' when all the information has already been checked out and found to lead nowhere. For their child's sake, this case desperately needs to be re-opened and the police should be left to get on with the job.
How many people are aware that after the case was shelved they had 20 days in which to ask for the re-opening. They chose not to. Why?
As for the book - what can they possibly write that we haven't already heard from them in the last 3.5 years?
I hope they will finally tell the public, who have supported them so generously, why they told all their relatives and friends that the shutters were 'jemmied' open, when in fact they were intact and the only fingerprints found on them were the mothers.
Also, how did Kate immediately 'know' that **** was abducted?

So many questions and so few answers!
For anyone wishing to learn more about this case, the Portuguese police files are easily found on the internet. No spin, just good old fashioned facts.
Finally, you say that the book deal was 'secured' for this couple by their friend JK Rowling, yet the public was lead to believe that there had been a fierce 'bidding war' for the rights to publish!
So which is it?


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CHILDHOOD FRIEND

21.11.10, 11:28am
I wonder if Kate will mention her PDL ex-pat childhood friend in her account of the 'truth'?
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MOVIE NEXT?

21.11.10, 11:14am
Doesn't anyone remember they wanted to write this book in 2008? I believe the public weren't exactly WARMED by the idea, given the child was still missing and it was and is not clear as to WHAT happened to her and she still is. So what is the story then? I guess it will be more of how THEY have suffered? HOW bad the Portuguese were, How bad the UK government is etc etc.

Doesn't anyone remember this couple a few weeks ago pleading for the public to donate two pounds a month to pay for wrist bands that they ALREADY charge you for, when they ALREADY KNEW there was a million pound book deal on the table?

As for JK Rowling: Well she does like FICTION doesn't she?



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AN ' ACCOUNT ' OF THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 11:11am
Let's see Snr. Amaral's VERSION OF THE TRUTH in the UK, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

If people reading this column want to see other views go to the MISSING **** FORUM, to read the things the **** don't want you to read.
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WHY DO YOU ALL HATE **** & HER FAMILY

21.11.10, 1:10pm
David go peddle your petition somewhere else...

I cant wait to see hentie & hubby on tv tomorrow... i hope all their friends and family get to see just how they both spend their time... hating and hounding the family of a missing child... makes you wonder why they want the poor little child to be dead....

It is great to see that people like JK Rowling still want help the ****... that really must get at the haters so much
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PETITION

21.11.10, 12:55pm
This is a petition that asks for the case to be re-opened.


http://criminaljustice.change.org/petitions/view/a_voice_for_madeleine
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DEMONS, VULTURES AND VAMPIRES

21.11.10, 12:54pm
Why is it that when anyone posts up verifiable facts on this case, alleged supporter/believers in the **** version of events attack the character of those that do not: it's really bizarre?

If you believe them unquestionably then do so, but how egotistical to believe that everyone else should do so: simply because you believe it and because of your clear 'belief' you are somehow of a higher moral order because you do?

Well I am sorry if you do not like the fact that the case in Portugal was closed BECAUSE the party's involved would not participate in a police reconstruction to help find out what happened to the child and that they could have PREVENTED the closure: but did not.

That there are witnesses who are 60-80% certain that a man they saw carrying a child on the night of the 3rd was Gerry **** and that fact has not been clarified: as the group would not participate in a reconstruction that could have clarified such an event.

Or that two close (Dr) Friends of the parents gave statements to the Leicester police: casting doubt on the 'character' of two of the Dr's on that holiday when they heard that the child had disappeared or that that statement was not received by the Portuguese until 5 Months later!

Now you may feel morally secure ignoring the unanswered questions in this case, but I do not believe that ignoring ANYTHING: however distasteful it may seem: which may lead to the discovery of that child.

But if you are happy in your ignorance then I will not attempt to sway your opinion, but please have some respect for those who merely show the FACTS as they are in the publicly released files and believe that publishing a book of 'their' version of the truth or their suffering will make the slightest difference to the plight of the missing child, that the only thing that MAY change that: is a reopening of the case in Portugal.
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I HAVE FINALLY LOST FAITH

21.11.10, 1:31pm
Through three years of ever-increasingly bizarre behaviour and bottom- of-the- barrel fundraising gimmicks I have kept faith with the ****, defending them against slights and smears even to the extent that I was called mad in some quaters but Im afraid even for me this book is a step too far. If JK has recommended her publisher for this literary fiasco then I really do question her judgement which has, until now, been exemplary. Please Kate and Gerry for your sake and all your supporters who are trying very hard to keep faith with you abandon this folly. If you really do have to tell the truth please tell it to the only people who can actually use that information, the Portuguese police. If you have nothing to hide,you have nothing to fear.

Rosiepops1 formally known as Rosiepops x
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EYES

21.11.10, 3:35pm
Has anyone noticed that JK Rowling has a dodgy eye,Kate **** looks as though she's got a dodgy eye,**** had colomba eye hasn't **** got a dodgy eye,and Gordon Brown has a dodgy eye,all involved with the ****,is there anyone else who has a dodgy eye?.
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WOT, NO FIERCE BIDDING WAR???

21.11.10, 3:30pm
I thought there was a "fierce bidding war" between publishers to get the **** memoirs. Now you are telling us that their book deal had to be "secured" with the "help of JK Rowling" who, curiously enough, just so hapens to have a new movie coming out.

Which is it then, a fierce bidding war or touting one's wares round publishers?
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WHY NO COMMENT?

21.11.10, 3:26pm
Kate **** childhood friend of Robert ****. Why did Gerry say "no comment"?
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THE MCCANNS

21.11.10, 3:25pm
This case would of been solved three yrs ago if there hadn't been political interference from Gordon Brown which forced Goncalo Amaral off the case,i have no doubt he was so near to the truth,so why all the protection for the ****,your guess is as good as mine.Where were/are the British media in all this,tiptoeing around the **** as though they were the worlds best parents when in fact they are at least, child neglectors,why have the media never asked an awkward question of the ****,why have they gone along with the fairy tale abduction line,when there's not one iota of evidence to corroberate their version of events,but plenty of evidence to point the other way,like the two sniffer dogs reacting to the scent of cadavar and blood in the **** apartment,like the jogging,playing tennis,not searching for **** themselves,the **** and the tapas crowd agreed to a lie detector test then later refused,why?The 48 questions unanswered,the setting up of the fund and pr team within days of ****'s disappearance,would any normal grieving parent do those things when their precious child had been abducted by a paedophile of course not,wouldn't any normal parent be beside themselves with worry knowing their child would be crying for them,and knowing what their child would be going through,of course they would,they blame everyone else for their actions,they are cold narcisstic arrogant people,who are protected by the British labour government and the cowardly British media which includes the Express.It's about time the press did their public duty and scrutinised the behaviour of the **** and the tapas crowd,if they do that **** will get justice at last.I hope Goncal Amaral's book will be published over here,who do the McCanmns think they are telling the British people what they can and cannot read.
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REVEALING 'THE TRUTH'?

21.11.10, 3:07pm
From the very first moments of M*deleine's reported 'abduction' the McC*nns embarked on a course of action designed not to help the police investigation into their daughter's disappearance, but to hinder it.

It is therefore difficult to entertain the notion that, three-and-a-half years later, Kate has suddenly decided, with a 'very heavy heart', to reveal 'the truth'. As numerous commentators have already stated, if this is 'the truth' it should be immediately forwarded to the Portuguese authorities to reopen the case - not simply to 'review' it in order to gain access to 'secret' police files.

It is admirable that there are people who believe the McC*nns are 'wholly innocent' of any involvement in ****'s disappearance - not everybody has the time, inclination or energy to watch hours of videos, read through thousands of pages of police files or plough through the often impenetrable rogatory interviews. To those people I would simply highlight the following exhange which took place earlier this year, between the McC*nns and Portuguese presenter Sandra Felgueiras.

The McC*nns were asked if there were any of the reported 'sightings' of M*deleine that they "kept thinking about", that could just have been M*deleine. Gerry initially answers with the Tanner and Smith sightings but when pressed by Felgueiras to answer the question she asked, he says: "there's been one or two I've looked at twice". But when he is further pressed to reveal "which they were", he is unable to remember anything "specific" about any of the sightings of his missing daughter. Kate says she "doesn't know" either but thinks there was one in "Amsterdam or Brussels".

Now, I find that not only truly astonishing but also extremely disturbing. Neither Kate nor Gerry, after three years of 'torment', could remember a single 'sighting' of M*deleine. Surely, for any desperate parent every sighting, small or large, would be painfully branded into their heart forever - if they expected her to be found.

And for the record, Kate, it was Amsterdam.
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A BOOK ABOUT THE TRUTH

21.11.10, 2:51pm
The truth it would appear is that the child was abducted from the apartment, WHILST HER PARENTS, were having a meal in a Tapas Bar, nearby.

The windows, shutters, doors were all found unlocked and open. Rear patio door left unlocked by parents.

The book will be about the truth.

But how does this child's mother know what happened, if she was sitting in a bar, some distance away, out of sight of the frontage of the apartment & childrens room.

X-ray vision? Radar for ears?

The parents by their own admission WERE NOT THERE, how do they know HOW she was abducted ?

Even the friend who checked the child AFTER she was alleged to be abducted, saw nothing untoward, before the mothers check and discovered the child missing.

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QUESTIONS QUESTIONS

21.11.10, 6:21pm
Is the book going to tell people why the ****'s did not request the Portuguese Judiciary keep the investigation open, which they could have done rather that shelving it ?
Is it then going to expliain why then Gerry told everyone on the Oprah W. show that no police force was actively looking for Madeleine?
Is the book going to explain why Kate sat in an official interview and refused to answer questions ?
Is the book going to tell us why the members of the group involved refused to return to Portugal when requested to do so in order to do an official reconstruction of the events leading up to ****'s disappearance ?
Is the book going to explain the roles of Gordon B, C. Blair ,D.Mililiband , Kevin H. and others ?

I'll only buy a copy if it does.
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GOOD NEWS!

21.11.10, 6:13pm
Excellent that Rowling is supporting the ****.

Hopefully they will finally get that complete review of the case by the Portuguese and British police which they are asking for in their petition. **** deserves it. You can access it through the OFFICIAL Findmadeleine website.

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HELP

21.11.10, 5:24pm
i hope kate and gerry will tell of the help they had from GORDON BROWN,and what favours were called in,i hope at least one person buys it and puts it on the internet just so we can all see what the truth is to kate and gerry
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PDL FRIEND

21.11.10, 5:10pm
@ JimDay, where can I read about Kate's PDL ex -pat friend? Thanks.
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PLANNING AHEAD

21.11.10, 4:49pm
"The book, titled ****, will be published on April 28 next year to mark the fourth anniversary of her disappearance."

So they're pretty confident that their daughter isn't going to be found before then. So, why are they currently wasting money on their (apparently incompetent) PIs?? Are they also suing Kevin Halligen to reclaim the £300,000 he acquired by fraudulent means??
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FOR MADELEINE

21.11.10, 8:37pm


21.11.10, 8:28pm

For those who DO really want this child found sign the petition posted earlier by mumbles this is a genuine petition to REOPEN the case to find her not a review that will not spend it's time LOOKING for her.
It will also be given to the Portuguese authorities who are the ONLY ones with the power to reopen or investigate.

WELL SAID.


No more money to the MC........ who have never used their money, only the donations of well meaning people, who were duped into a search which never took place.
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FOR MADELEINE

21.11.10, 8:28pm
For those who DO really want this child found sign the petition posted earlier by mumbles this is a genuine petition to REOPEN the case to find her not a review that will not spend it's time LOOKING for her.
It will also be given to the Portuguese authorities who are the ONLY ones with the power to reopen or investigate.

The only way to help the missing child is to have her case reopened

http://criminaljustice.change.org/petitions/view/a_voice_for_madeleine

If you don't ask?
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PDL FRIEND

21.11.10, 7:37pm
Gerry no comment to hide Kate knew ****. Healys know the Murats and Eveleighs.
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KATE AND GERRY MCAAN GET HELP FROM JK ROWLING

21.11.10, 7:03pm
The strangest aspect of this whole sad saga,a little girl left to babysit herself,and 2 even younger siblings,has turned the neglectful parents into "minor celeberaties"!!!! and still they bleat on about what other people have,nt done. What also is unforgiveable ,is the media reports,even the over turning ,by 3 judges,of the ban on the book "Truth of the Lie" was just ignored by our wonderful press,WHY?????
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PETITION

21.11.10, 6:33pm
will the book tell us why their petition is NOT on the No 10 gov uk site and WHY they are asking for a REVEIW and NOT an RE-OPENING.I just wish some people would read the files before offering to help kate and gerry,then we might see justice for a 3 yr old little girl named **** Beth ****.
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QUESTIONS QUESTIONS

21.11.10, 6:21pm
Is the book going to tell people why the ****'s did not request the Portuguese Judiciary keep the investigation open, which they could have done rather that shelving it ?
Is it then going to expliain why then Gerry told everyone on the Oprah W. show that no police force was actively looking for Madeleine?
Is the book going to explain why Kate sat in an official interview and refused to answer questions ?
Is the book going to tell us why the members of the group involved refused to return to Portugal when requested to do so in order to do an official reconstruction of the events leading up to ****'s disappearance ?
Is the book going to explain the roles of Gordon B, C. Blair ,D.Mililiband , Kevin H. and others ?

I'll only buy a copy if it does.
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