Comments on: Morocco Photo Not Of Missing Madeleine

Parents Of Missing British Toddler Have Hopes Dashed

[mia_1-2009]

I''d like to take exception to the quote that ''Europeans often leave their kids in resort bedrooms asleep while they eat a late dinner.'' As a Brit I don''t know of any parent who would even consider such a thing. It is considered gross negligence both in the UK and Portugal and according to a recent poll 99% of the public thought they should be charged and even have the twins taken from them! Of course I have sympathy for them now but I''m angry and condemn 100% what they did. Mark my words, if this was a poor working class couple the social workers would have prosecuted them long ago.

[leana5-2009]

I read some accounts that say a journalist says he met the little girl in the photo and it wasn''t Maddie. However I''d also be careful about dismissing the whole thing too fast. These areas of Morocco are notorious for child prostitution, child pornography and human trafficking. And remember the case of Elizabeth Smart - she had been brainwashed and even when questioned several times she denied being Elizabeth. She finally began crying after a police officer took her aside and asked again. Also it has been five months since Maddie disappeared and young children change a great deal in that time. So if anyone other than her family saw her how would they be able to say it definitely wasn''t her?

[bizzzz-2009]

WiccanTexan,
Really? White little girls are common in Morroco? How common? Can you give me some percentages or refer me to a website? I''m sure there SOME white little girls in Morroco, but you say it''s common? How common?
How many other white people are the picture?

[neenga]

Europeans often leave their kids in resort bedrooms asleep while they eat a late dinner. We Americans generally don''t because we are so MISTAKE-FREE (right?). Don''t judge the McCanns by American standards. We have our own poor parenting: video & computer games instead of outdoor play, fast food on a daily basis, overindulgance (toys, clothes, cars), little family time around a dinner table with healthy food ... it goes on and on. We aren''t so great either.

[wiccantexan]

What''''s a blonde little girl doing in some dark Morrocan b!tche$ backpack?
Posted by bizzzz at 01:05 PM : Sep 26, 2007

Blonde, fair-skinned children are common in that region.

[bizzzz-2009]

There seems to be a lot of photography experts on this message board. I would tend to believe it MIGHT be Madeleine because the little girl sticks out like a sore thumb. What''s a blonde little girl doing in some dark Morrocan b!tche$ backpack? Don''t you find this picture odd, especially since child slave trade exists in this part of the world?
...and no...George Bush did not doctor this picture!

[wiccantexan]

My question on the blood is, with the intense media scrutiny they''re under, how could they have transported a child''s body undetected?

[wiccantexan]

Madeleine does have an identifiable flaw in the pupil of one of her eyes, so they''d be able to recognize that.

[wiccantexan]

MSNBC REPORTING:

Britain%u2019s Press Association reported that journalists determined that the girl in the photograph is believed by villagers in Zinat to be 5-year-old Bushra Binhisa, the daughter of an olive farmer.

%u201CShe has got a resemblance to Madeleine but when you see her properly, it is obvious it isn''t her,%u201D Evening Standard journalist Rashid Razaq told PA after seeing the girl.

[wiccantexan]

UPDATE IN ARTICLE:

Britain''s Sky News reported Wednesday afternoon that, according to unnamed security sources, the girl in the photo had been identified as the daughter of a Moroccan farmer. The report said investigators tracked the family in the photo to a farm about a mile from where it was taken, and found the young girl at the home.

If confirmed, the Sky report would put the hunt for Maddie back at square-one, with no solid leads on her whereabouts - at least none confirmed by investigators.