OlderAngelina Jolie Visits Iraq
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie traveled to Iraq and Syria to see first-hand the humanitarian needs there — the plight of hundreds of thousands of families uprooted by the ongoing conflict in Iraq.
According to UNHCR, “Yesterday in Damascus (Syria), Jolie visited a UNHCR registration center and spent hours talking to Iraqi refugees in their homes. Today, she crossed into Iraq to visit 1,200 refugees trapped in a makeshift camp at the border, unable to flee Iraq, and later watched scores of Iraqis crossing into Syria at a border checkpoint.”
“I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to this humanitarian crisis and to urge governments to increase their support for UNHCR and its partners,” Angelina said. “My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq.”
After talking with stranded refugees at Iraq’s Al Waleed camp on Tuesday, Angie said: “it is absolutely essential that the ongoing debate about Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enormous humanitarian consequences these people face.”
While in Iraq, Jolie also took the time to privately visit US troops and other Multi-National Forces based in the area.
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der tita- you can’t just go and visit in Iraq from here. It’s a country in the middle of a war!
Naomi so much of a donkey I see? Maybe you should blame the media for Angelina getting attention for going over to Iraq than Ms. Jolie herself. She is one of the biggest stars in the world and draws attention from simply going to a public restroom…should we tell her to hold it from now on b/c you don’t like the fact that she gets this type of attention. Plus, that’s the purpose of a GOODWILL Ambassador to bring attention for cause acroos the world…you are talking about it so I’ll say she’s doing a hell of a job!
people haters today can`t find anything to complain about so just come here and try to change the topic about angie as the best person in celebrity.
so just IGNORE THE KNOWN HATERS.they are just two or three people who change their names all the time.
Has there ever been another Hollywood actress so much loved and hated at the same time? I can’t think of any.
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Of course. How old are you?
She may be a terrible actress, but damn is she good at the politics.
QUIT TAKING THE BAIT!
Any info from the Hamptons fund-raiser yet?
Flashback- the informations were incorrect, on people’s website did post that Brad was there all day, he was working hard and also had lunch with the crew. There are plenty of pictures of him working, eating. You have to search for that on your own.
You don’t have to be a hater to oppose the war or obvious
PR stunts, sorry if you website can’t handle opinions. I guess that’s what they call “democracy.”
Naomi is 20 , single and bored.. and not hot for sure.
You don’t have to be a hater to oppose the war or obvious
PR stunts, sorry if you website can’t handle opinions. I guess that’s what they call “democracy.”
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I’m pro war. What’the problem?
Gosh shut up already
You have already posted that you moron and you can post it over and over again and i still won’t shut up so **** off.
277 spiderman : 08/28/2007 at 3:22 pm
Well well I am surprised you know how to spell the word democracy. How about intelligence and fairness.
spiderman is a crazy liberal. Liberals are such a waste of space.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,502444,00.html
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie spoke to SPIEGEL about her views on mixing acting and politics, her nomadic life with Brad Pitt and her new film “A Mighty Heart,” in which she plays the wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl.
SPIEGEL: Ms Jolie, in your new film “A Mighty Heart” you play the wife of the American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists in Pakistan in 2002 and later beheaded. Your most intimate screen partner during the film is a mobile phone. How do you deal with that as an actor?
Angelina Jolie: There was actually something strange about the phone, because Marianne Pearl was never without her phone. It was a constant, every day on the set. My phone was so attached to me, I couldn’t let go of it. One day on the set, the phone rang accidentally. Someone had called a wrong number but because it was this movie everybody got all sweaty.
SPIEGEL: Is the mobile phone a suitable tool to convey emotions? In the film you send a tender text message to the missing Daniel Pearl every night.
Jolie: I think it’s a sign of our times, something that people can relate to.
SPIEGEL: And do you send many text messages yourself?
Jolie: No, I don’t really send messages. I rarely carry my phone. I occasionally check messages at the end of the night, but I don’t carry it around.
SPIEGEL: You once said in an interview: “I never cry.” In the film, Mariane Pearl cries only twice — when she hears that her husband was murdered, and when she’s giving birth to her child. Do you think crying should be reserved strictly for matters of life and death?
Jolie: I didn’t cry when I was giving birth. I was screaming! And I cry in other parts of the film. I’m very careful with my emotions, and I don’t let them run free. If I’m upset, it’s usually for a very good, very deep reason.
SPIEGEL: There’s a wonderful scene in the movie where you go outside in the yard and are totally frightened about what’s happened. And, then, as you see a child behind you, you stop crying and try to smile so that you don’t frighten the child. It was very authentic.
Jolie: To be honest, that wasn’t a planned moment. That just happened. The little girl lived in the house, and she would go wherever she wanted to go when we were filming. And sometimes she would come in and be in the kitchen. I didn’t know when she was outside. I just felt like leaving the room, when I got upset. So I walked outside and, then, when I turned around and realized she was there, I felt really bad that I’d scared her. So, that was just a natural reaction and probably something that I would do with my own kids.
SPIEGEL: You’ve travelled to countries like Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Pakistan as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Were you often faced with situations in which you had to control and hide your emotions?
Jolie: Yes, mainly because you don’t want somebody to know that you feel sorry for them, because they will feel worse, or because you don’t want someone to know or see your fear. If someone like a sick kid or a burn victim sees your fear, they respond to how you respond. And if you show them it’s terrible, they will get upset. It’s something I’ve learned over the years.
SPIEGEL: When do you let out your pent-up emotions?
Jolie: I cry secretly. I don’t really cry in front of anybody. As Brad will tell you, I hate crying. I have this practical self. I feel like it’s not accomplishing anything. But when I lost my mother, I cried, and I cried big.
SPIEGEL: So, has being a mother made you more domesticated
Jolie: No. People seem to think that. But, you know, I’m playing an assassin in a movie now! I’m quite tough. It takes more courage to actually learn about an issue or maybe go to Washington and try to push for a change in a law, because it makes you nervous and it matters so much. It doesn’t take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn’t take any kind of boldness, just riding a motorcycle or whatever the idea of being tough is. Tough is having four kids. Tough is committing to life and being disciplined.
SPIEGEL: Should all actors follow your example and get involved in politics?
Jolie: I don’t necessarily think that’s a natural role for an actor. Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.
SPIEGEL: In many Western countries people don’t trust politicians any more. Are stars now taking over the role of moral leaders?
Jolie: I really hope not! I think we should be looking for great leaders in people who have dedicated their lives to those issues. And the reality is that actors spend a great deal of their time making films. And that doesn’t mean that they’re not educated. But we haven’t gone to law school and we’re not experts on policy. We’re just people with a platform and an opinion. But that should never be enough, in my opinion, to be political.
SPIEGEL: Can you picture yourself going into politics?
Jolie: I’m able to be very effective now because I’m not a Democrat, I’m not a Republican. So, I’m not tied, and I’d never want to be tied to anything, to some constituency that I would have to answer to.
SPIEGEL: Is acting similar to politics in that regard?
Jolie: It’s interesting that, years ago, when leaders couldn’t poll people and have their speechwriters analyze what would be best to put in a speech, leaders made a decision and they made strong decisions. If polled, they may have made different decisions. And I think unfortunately today so many things are done this way, because the movies are done the same way. They’ll re-shoot an ending because somebody polled that they didn’t like it and maybe the original ending was more interesting, but it’s not as popular.
SPIEGEL: Do you feel rooted in any particular place?
Jolie: I think when you have kids it’s nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will grow up in, but I never had that. I’m not attached to things and places. I like that we keep moving. But we will always have one base, so that the kids will have something familiar and permanent.
SPIEGEL: Will Berlin be your base? There are reports that you have bought an apartment in the city.
Jolie: Brad and I both love Berlin. But, for now, everybody finds it good to pack up and go. It’s a nomadic life, and I think that that’s a great life. I’m excited when we take our kids to a new country and they don’t just immediately look for the comforts of home. They blend into that country. When we were in India, Maddox would come to the set and play with all the Indian kids. They’d throw rocks and sticks, and they’d hit things. Some of them couldn’t understand the other’s language, but it didn’t matter. We went to Namibia, and we were playing with all the Bushman kids. Send them to any place in the world and they won’t be scared. They’ll just feel like they can make friends there.
SPIEGEL: Has having children changed the way you see the world?
Jolie: Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you. And they are the funniest people I’ve ever met in my life.
SPIEGEL: Not Brad?
Jolie: No, he doesn’t get a look in.
SPIEGEL: Do you and Brad talk about your work? Do you influence each other’s decisions?
Jolie: We never really discuss each other’s work other than to encourage each other to do what we think is right. Sometimes we think the other is making a ridiculous choice, but it doesn’t matter. The center of our life is our home and kids. We’re trying to learn more about global issues and politics together. That’s the only thing we ever argue about. Brad is really focused on his production company and films, but we both plan to do a lot less of that in the next few years.
This interview was conducted by Lars-Olav Beier and Andreas Borcholte.
Angelina Jolie is a very intriguing person. I haven’t seen any actress that have aroused a lot of curiosity or interest. She’s so fascinating and captivating because of her beauty, her great acting ability, her kindness, warmth & caring of other human being, her love of children and ability to do everything that she wants to do. I admire her work with the UNHCR, it’s a lot of sacrifice to be able to do this type of work. I know it’s not easy because I have volunteered in a 3rd world country and it take a lot of guts to be able to do the job she’s doing with UNHCR. I’ll always pray for AJ for doing something so admirable.
http://omg.yahoo.com/angelina-jolie-visits-refugees-in-iraq/news/2018#comments
Take lesson from her.
not 20, not single an not bored.
not workin at kfc, still attending school, yes workin (no not a h*!), havin a blast an goin out in about an hour (yes in belgium it’s evening ya d***ches!)
282 Boo : 08/28/2007 at 3:26 pm
watch it now…I am a liberal. Let’s not go there.
Proud Republican : 08/28/2007 at 3:24 pm
You don’t have to be a hater to oppose the war or obvious
PR stunts, sorry if you website can’t handle opinions. I guess that’s what they call “democracy.”
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I’m pro war. What’the problem?
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She hates republicans. You should move to San Marino.
I am a Republican and I’m against the war. I hate Bush for leading us to the war in Iraq, I love Giuliani.
Oh now you all love Laniey? You are more hypocritcal then Angie. Geeeez! Just like the hags, when the info is positive it is true and the source is VERY valid however when negative details - it is a lie and the source is liar … well except if it is about the X.
SO EASY : 08/28/2007 at 2:49 pm
love your comment
So easy to talk about Iraq qhile we’re siting in our houses or offices, so easy to talk, trash and fight about Iraq while we have, clean water, great food, a good computer and LOTS of free times.
So easy to attack and trash people we´ll ever met and pretend we know something.
So easy ….
All while real people are dying, getting raped, losing their homes, getting wounded, etc.
I lived in war zones, part of my family is dead because of war.
I’m not the biggest fan of Jolie but she’s there so I’won’t say a thing. I really don’t car about her intentions, either way no one had clean intentions, not goverments, not politicians, not the UN, not the companies..
That’s how our world works.
Again very easy to talk when you’re sitting in your house probably with a drink and food next to you.
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SO EASY : 08/28/2007 at 2:49 pm
love your comment
So easy to talk about Iraq qhile we’re siting in our houses or offices, so easy to talk, trash and fight about Iraq while we have, clean water, great food, a good computer and LOTS of free times.
So easy to attack and trash people we´ll ever met and pretend we know something.
So easy ….
All while real people are dying, getting raped, losing their homes, getting wounded, etc.
I lived in war zones, part of my family is dead because of war.
I’m not the biggest fan of Jolie but she’s there so I’won’t say a thing. I really don’t car about her intentions, either way no one had clean intentions, not goverments, not politicians, not the UN, not the companies..
That’s how our world works.
Again very easy to talk when you’re sitting in your house probably with a drink and food next to you.
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Great Post
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE THREAD,THIS IS NOT FAIR,REMEMBER NOT ALL JOLIE FANS ARE AMERICANS,LETS LEAVE POLITICS OUT OF IT,JARED HAS SOME CLEANING TO DO
I admire Angelina so much and proud to be a fan. How many of fans
and/or evil trolls would travel to dangerous places like Iraq and
Syria for humanitrian causes.
SO EASY : 08/28/2007 at 2:49 pm
ITA.. Thank you for posting this.
We really don’t have a clue. “Again very easy to talk trash when you’re sitting in your house in front of a computer probably with a drink and food next to you”[while the rest of the world dies].
Then again why should you care? Right.
we all know how pathetic the haters are,it is just one or two people changing names,why should we allow fools to dictate the way the thread should look
ANGIE IS MUCH LOVED AND RESPECTED,SHE IS ALL OVER THE NEWS,NOW A FEW LUNATICS ARE GOING GAGA(WACKO),SUPPORT HER OR SHUT THE F*CK UP
Angie may love her Braddy boy, but he can’t love her the way that Jenny Shimizu loves her.
220 tondogirl : 08/28/2007 at 2:54 pm
The evil trolls/haters posters are none other than the gay huvaniston,THE CHINNY CHIN CHIN,and their paid agents who are scowering every celebrity blog sites who happen to have Jolie-Pitts threads…CHINNISTON and GAY HUVANISTON are in full force in their quests to destroy ANGELINA and BRAD any chance they can get…WHY??? because CHINNIFER FAKE CHINNOCHIO is dying of hatred and jealousy over Brad and Angelina’s relationship and their family…The Horse-faced LONG CHIN is obsessed…right at this moment, she’s here lurking and posting…WHAT A TROLL!!! CHINNY GIVE IT UP MAN!!!
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Wow! You have serious issues lady!!
271:duh
der tita- you can’t just go and visit in Iraq from here. It’s a country in the middle of a war!
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That’s why people like you stay in your safe and comfortable homes criticizing people like Angie. People like you who are cowards and don’t have the guts to go to war torn countries. Angie is so much of women than any of you haters. If you are men then that even more pittier.
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