Angelina Jolie Visits Iraq

She is the epitome of a great woman.

Ignoring the nasty trolls ,just not worth it..
God Bless You Angie !! You have a heart of gold,am so proud of you as millions of others are too.
Peace and love to the JP’s
Take care ALL BAMPZS FANS..enjoy you’r day

Ignore the little minds. Great people do great things. Keep the posts positive and let’s not have pettiness. There are so many disasters in the world and Angelina is doing a great job.
Please stop repeating hate comments.

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yes people are leaving Iraq but this is the things that always happens in every war.some people leaving and some people staying.and just b/c some people left that country people should forget the people who are still in Iraq.

get real at least she trys to do something for people but what about you ?just coming here and complain about everything that other people do.without any knowlege and knowing or talking with people in those country.
you really think the things that you hear from those tv channel can compare to the things that angie for sure saw in Iraq.so please instead of this kind ofwasting time go and watch your **** tv channel and fullfill yourself with them.

knowledge
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Go and lick Jane’s Fonda’s ****.

I’M PRO WAR

jealous people come out to play.

I’m going to tell you something that is probably going to shock you.. there are fans of brangelina who don’t care about jen, we don’t hate her, we don’t trash her, we just don’t care.

There are other loons like Cliniqua who’s life without Aniston will be nothing.

I wouldn´t set a foot on iraq, unless it was for a good cause.

I wish there were more celebrities like Angelina and Brad. They know how to give back. They are quintessence of good American.

166 SAM = knowledge :

I feel bad for you, You are a complete irrational idiot. Good Luck with that.

Iraq situation deteriorates further; US gives $30 million to aid education

GENEVA, August 28 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate with the number of displaced Iraqis, both inside and outside the country, rising.

Spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis told reporters in Geneva that UNHCR and Iraqi Red Crescent estimates put the number of uprooted Iraqis at 4.2 million Iraqis, with the monthly rate of displacement climbing to more than 60,000 people compared to 50,000 previously.

“Displacement is rising as Iraqis are finding it harder to get access to social services inside Iraq and many Iraqis are choosing to leave ethnically mixed areas before they are forced to do so. Some Iraqis who stayed in the country until the end of the school year recently started leaving the country with their families,” Pagonis said.

She spoke as US Assistant Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey announced a US$30 million contribution to a joint UNHCR-UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) $129 million programme aimed at ensuring an education for Iraqi refugee children in host countries such as Syria and Jordan.

UNHCR Representative in Jordan Imran Riza welcomed the US gesture while urging “the international community to respond quickly and generously to the UN appeal.” UNHCR and UNICEF seek US$129 million to send 155,000 Iraqi children to school in Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon this academic year.

Sauerbrey handles US policy for refugees. Her announcement came at a girls school in Amman which began admitting Iraqi refugees earlier this month, when Jordan said it would allow tens of thousands of refugee children to attend public schools even if their parents did not possess resident permits.

In Geneva, UNHCR’s Pagonis said more than 2 million Iraqis were displaced inside Iraq, with above 1 million displaced since the February 2006 Samarra mosque bombing. While most of the security incidents happen in the centre and south of the country, the displaced are not confined to these regions.

In the north, there are more than 780,000 displaced Iraqis, over 650,000 in the centre of the country and 790,000 in the south. Many are barely surviving in makeshift camps, inaccessible to aid workers for security reasons.

Syria, which has generously kept its borders open to fleeing Iraqis, estimates that more than 1.4 million Iraqis are now in the country. Jordan estimates that some 500,000-750,000 Iraqis are in its territory. The number of Iraqi asylum seekers in Europe in the first half of this year rose to nearly 20,000.

With more than 300 staff working on the Iraq operation, UNHCR has now registered more than 170,000 refugees in the countries neighbouring Iraq, 15 percent of whom need special assistance.

Since the start of this year, we have referred more than 13,200 of the most vulnerable Iraqi cases to resettlement countries, Pagonis said, adding that so far only several hundred cases have left for life in a third country. “We urge the resettlement countries to make rapid decisions and facilitate the departure of those most in need, many of whom are urgent medical cases, single female-headed households, torture victims and others.” UNHCR aims to provide up to 20,000 Iraqi resettlement cases to governments this year.

The UNHCR spokeswoman also noted efforts by the agency since June to encourage Iraqi children in Syria to register for the new academic school year, which begins in mid-September.

Inside Iraq, UNHCR and its partners are trying to do as much as possible to help the displaced, even though security conditions make this difficult. The agency is providing emergency assistance to the most needy, visiting the accessible displacement sites or makeshift camps, providing non-food items and emergency shelter.

Along the Iraq-Syria border, the situation remains desperate for more than 1,600 Palestinians stranded in two camp sites, Al Tanf and Al Waleed. “We stress again the urgent need to find a humanitarian solution for this group of refugees,” Pagonis said.

UNHCR has appealed for US$223 million for the Iraq humanitarian crisis. The first appeal of US$123 million has been funded by 75 percent. But the second US$129 million joint education appeal with UNICEF seeks more donor generosity.

http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/46d43b6d4.html

Angelina Jolie highlights humanitarian crisis during Syria and Iraq visits

DAMASCUS, Syria, August 28 (UNHCR) – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has visited Iraq and Syria to see first-hand the plight of hundreds of thousands of families uprooted by the conflict in Iraq.

The UN refugee agency estimates more than 4. 2 million Iraqis have left their homes – 2 million to neighbouring states and another 2.2 million displaced inside Iraq.

Yesterday in Damascus, Jolie visited a UNHCR registration centre 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.

As a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie said she would leave politics to others while focusing on the region’s huge humanitarian needs.

“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,” Jolie said. “My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the humanitarian plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq.”

After talking with some of the stranded refugees at Iraq’s Al Waleed camp on Tuesday, Jolie 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, she separated from UNHCR to visit privately with US troops and other Multi-National Forces based in the area.

Jolie arrived in Syria on Monday. In Damascus, she met some of the thousands of Iraqi refugees registering with UNHCR, nearly one-quarter of whom are victims of violence and torture. Tens of thousands are without jobs, and many young people are in danger of losing out on an education and a future. She recognized Syria for its open borders and generosity to Iraqis.

In late July, UNHCR and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a joint US$129 million education appeal aimed at getting 155,000 young Iraqi refugees throughout the Middle East back into school. The United States announced Tuesday that it will contribute US$30 million to the appeal.

http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/46d446a42.html

I Love this woman tremendously and greatly admire her for all her humanitarian efforts and her family values.

#95: so naima, what have you done for your relatives in Iraq? Did you go visit them there yet? NPR is not the only source you should depend on. Go to the military websites and see what the troops have to say. Don’t assume everybody shares your opinion. There’s always two sides to every coin.

LET’S SEE …

*Going out shopping

*Going to Parties and Dinner w/friends

*Hanging out Sun Bathing

OR — Travel the world to bring attention to the plight of refugee’s and military personnel in Iraq.

ACTIONS ALWAYS SPEAK VOLUMES!

From a supporter (not hater)