Angelina Jolie Visits Iraq

26 Anonymous
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Angie already left Iraq, but I heard you are now the new target of Angie was in Iraq’s husband. So, watch your back?

64 peace : 08/28/2007 at 1:22 pm
ANGELINA FOR PRESIDENT.

This must be second place winner for a beauty contest, certainly not playing with a full deck of cards are ya?

angelina is the best in celebrity world and this is for sure.LOVE HER AND HER WORKS.

she helped brad about katrina refugees and now she went to help people in other country.

72 Slayer, The

Jon Stewart show, I am sure one of the nutjobs have the clip.

she is such a gr8 woman
she should do some work in Peru where da earth quake happened!!!

Deadly Earthquake Shakes Peru, Prompts Red Cross Response

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies sends assistance to Peruvian earthquake survivors.

By Katie Lawson , Staff Writer, Redcross.org

Thursday, August 16, 2007 — A 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the central coastal region of Peru early Wednesday evening, destroying buildings and leaving many people without power, water or communications. Immediately following the quake, the Peruvian Red Cross sent a relief team to the region to assess the damage and evaluate the needs of those affected.

The powerful quake struck around 6:40 p.m. local time and was centered 90 miles south of Lima, the country’s capital. Initial reports indicate that several hundred people were killed and more than 1,300 have been injured. The province of Ica was hardest-hit by the largest temblor to strike Peru in 30 years. Widespread damage was also reported in the area of Chincha.

Tsunami warnings were issued up and down the coast of Central and South America, but were later cancelled. Several aftershocks have continued to plague the region with more expected in the days ahead.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (International Federation), American Red Cross and other Red Cross national societies maintain a warehouse of relief supplies at the Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU) in Panama. Two planes loaded with tents, plastic sheeting, blankets and jerrycans (for carrying water) are scheduled to land in the town of Pisco on Friday morning. The supplies will assist more than 2,000 families in the affected area.

On high alert following the quake, PADRU deployed three disaster management delegates to assist with emergency operations. Rescue workers have been struggling to reach the hardest-hit areas due to giant cracks and fallen power lines on the Pan American Highway, a major inter-coastal thoroughfare. Rockslides were reportedly blocking other roads in the area.

The International Federation has released $205,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to support the Peruvian Red Cross relief operation.

While the American Red Cross does not accept individually donated goods, the Red Cross is accepting financial donations for this disaster. To donate, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or for Spanish, 800-257-7575.

The American Red Cross, its partners in PADRU and the Peruvian Red Cross continue to monitor and assess the situation. Assistance by the American Red Cross may include mobilizing relief workers, supplies and financial resources.

A MUST READ FROM LAINEY : 08/28/2007 at 1:32 pm
Angelina in Th’Iraq
Were you one of the 3 million + who watched the video of that learning impaired pageant queen bungle up her answer during the Miss Teen USA pageant the other day? If you haven’t the pleasure, click here.

For some reason, she repeatedly refers to Iraq as “th’Iraq”… kills me every time. As does the strategic use of the phrase “such as”. Snort.

Needless to say, Miss Jolie is not Miss South Carolina. And Miss Jolie can not only find th’Iraq on a map, she has actually made the trip to visit. As part of her work with the UNHCR, Angelina flew first to Syria yesterday talking with Iraqi refugees. Then she “crossed into Iraq to meet with 1,200 refugees camped out in a makeshift outpost at the border, because they are unable to leave the country. She also witnessed dozens of Iraqis crossing into Syria.”

Said Angelina:

“I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to the humanitarian crisis and to urge governments to increase their support for UNHCR and its partners. My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq. It is absolutely essential that the ongoing debate abut Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enormous humanitarian consequences these people face.”

Very cool. Because as much as it could be construed as publicity and image making, at the end of the day, she’s not flashing her cootie while getting out of a car, or waving from her beach house in Malibu. And if hanging out in a war torn country in the most unglamourous conditions ever guarantees a few headlines … so be it. I personally could never. I am a lesser person. I can’t even camp.

My friend Lara is somewhere in Africa right now on assignment with the kids from Degrassi. They are building a house there for those who cannot manage and shooting the process for an MTV documentary. She’s been living in a tent or some kind of hut for the last week, probably showering with only a litre of water a day, having the experience of a lifetime. If it were me, even if attended by a dozen assistants fanning me at night, hand feeding me grapes, still I couldn’t survive. And coming home to a life with Brad Pitt shuttling from private jet to million dollar residence is still not incentive enough.

I am Jennifer Aniston.

File photo of Angelina attached.

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OMG The last part made me fell from my chair laughing.

Reader’s Digest, June 2007
RD:You like to do risky things and riding motorcycles. Do you think more about safety now that you have four kids?
Jolie:I don’t d drugs. I don’t intentionally ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I will always be careful. But I live a bold life, and I’m a happy mother because of that. I think the bigger question is, Am I living the life that I want my kids to see? If something happened to me doing something I believed in, then I suppose that’s the legacy i would leave as a mother.

How come you dislike this woman?

72 Slayer, The

Jon Stewart show, I am sure one of the nutjobs have the clip.
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Why? What happened on the Jon Stewart Show?

To Curious #73…. Um I’m sorry what do I know about refugee’s or the troops, are you kidding me asking that. Have you heard of alternative newspapers umm have you heard of NPR. Why the hell would I need some malnurished, private jet setting celebrity to be the the voice of dissent in this situation. Sorry ma, you don’t know what YOU’RE talking about, by the way since Angie is a spokeperson for the UN do you actually think that they are dumb enough to allow this woman to just say anything she feels on WORLD issues. So if she’s not an authority on politics why the hell are ya’ll praising her need to talk about foreign political issues.

And yes I do know a lot more than you think because unlike most of you I have relatives who live in Iraq and guess what a lot of them have fled to Iran and some have even died, so please get with it, this issue is bigger than Angie’s need to feed into her narcissism.

46 Aeon fan-lurker : 08/28/2007 at 1:15 pm
34 Naima : 08/28/2007 at 1:10 pm
“Ok while I admire her need to play mother theresa”

Maybe when you help out you have a need to play “mother theresa.”

This is serious business for Angie. She has been doing it for 6 years. When are you people going to wake up and smell the coffee. She is the real deal. So stop with your hating and criticisms. Have you been to Iraq? Are you helping
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But that is just it I don’t think some see a need to even help. This poster saying things like Angie should go home and take care of her own children. What is that? So, she shouldn’t want to help or get involved in the world around her? Just live in her own bubble and do nothing? I really wonder what kind of life some of these people live. It isn’t enough to just clean your yard, in order to have a safe community you have to help your neighbor clean his yard too, it is jsut that simple.

Angelina is nothing like Jane Fonda. I can understand why many veterans including my father and father-in-law can`t stand Jane Fonda. They have no issues with Angelina Jolie. Neither do I as a veteran, a Republican, and fox news watcher. I respect and admire her for her humanitarian work. I also love how she conducts herself. She tries very hard to not politicize things which I admire. . Personally, I don’t thing genocide, world hunger, and other global issues such as these should be politicized. Unfortunately it has been on so many sides.

The United Nations Refugee Agency announced today that Angelina Jolie is currently in Iraq to perform a Marilyn-Monroe-like routine for the troops. Noo…I wish. Angie, a Goodwill ambassador, is there to speak to Iraqi refugees in their homes and see the devastation for herself.

She said, “I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to the humanitarian crisis and to urge governments to increase their support for UNHCR and its partners. My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq.”

“It is absolutely essential that the ongoing debate abut Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enormous humanitarian consequences these people face.”

Yeah, what she said. I can’t even make fun. At least she’s doing something other than going to Hyde, driving drunk, kicking dogs or showing her coochie cat. She should’ve brought Brit, Paris, Nicole and Lindsay with her and left their asses there.