OlderAngelina Jolie in Iraq (Not Jordan)
Angelina Jolie is serving in Iraq, not Jordan as previously reported.
As goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the 32-year-old do-gooder was on a mission to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees in Baghdad on Thursday.
Jolie is promoting action to help the two million people displaced by Iraq’s war.
“There’s lots of goodwill and lots of discussion, but there seems to be just a lot of talk at the moment,” Jolie told CNN in an exclusive interview. “What happens in Iraq and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East. And a big part of what it’s going to affect, how it settles, is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like.”
Angie was also seen boosting the spirits of American troops, dropping by their dining facility for lunch in the heavily guarded Green Zone, which houses the embassy and Iraqi government offices in central Baghdad.
Watch the video interview of Angelina Jolie at CNN.com.
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Good Morning to the JPs fans, good no one knows where she actually is until after. Thanks for the new thread jared off to work nice surprise, you made my day !
keep safe jolie
Angelina is amazing God bless her and family.
yeh keep safe…and wish the best for her kids..especially shiloh!
from the last thread bout her. hope its not true
**** u frog-face!
dont like her, she’s pretencious
Amazing!!!!! God Bless the Jolie Pitts.
angie is truly amazing. cnn correspondent asked her why she is risking her life visiting iraq. indeed, only a few celebrities walk the talk and risk their lives to have a real look of what is really happening on the ground, for their causes. others just sit by, give money, attend dinner for some charities and that’s it.
great cause. keep up the good work. wow, i’m glad the media got it wrong as usual because that would have put her at risk if they new she was on an incoming flight.
Sadly, Iraq and the Iraqi people will be in shambles for quite some time to come.
I love Angie!
Wow! what an extraordinary woman. A real role model to all women.
That’s Angelina Jolie. God Bless her and her family! Thank you JJ.
i love her always my heart
God bless angelina jolie and your family
you think visiting iraq with the ever present danger of being hit by a bomb is pretentious? that’s the correct spelling btw….you can’t even spell right. you’re the pretentious one!!!
Thank you, Angie! I am sure the boys overseas were pleasantly surprised, and happy to have such a concerned individual there to help and support them as well as the peopl of that nation. There are many other celebrities doing the same, but most of them are there to support just the troops. My sister served in Iraqi, and she mentioned how the media is so clouded with just giving the American viewers a minute portion of what is going on there. She was adopted by an Iraqi family who truly appreciated our presence in their country. There are many of those people who feel the same. When you see a celebrity that has a broader vision for what is happening outside our own comfort zone, you gain a greater respect for their work and them as a person.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/07/jolie.transcript/index.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie gave an exclusive interview with CNN’s Arwa Damon while visiting Iraq to draw attention to the refugee crisis in the wartorn country. Here is a full transcript of the interview:
“Displacement can lead to … instability and aggression,” Jolie, right, tells CNN’s Arwan Damon.
Damon: First of all thank you obviously for your time. What is your main aim in this visit — what are you trying to acomplish while you are out here?
Jolie: Well I came to the region about 6 months ago, I first went to Syria because I work with U.N.H.C.R. and there are 1.5 million refugees in Syria alone from Iraq and while I was there, I went inside and met with some internally displaced people. And this trip is to get a better picture of the internally displaced people and to discuss with the local government, with our government, with the NGOs and with local people, the situation and try to understand what is happening, because there are over 2 million internally displaced people and there doesn’t seem to be a real coherent plan to help them and there’s lots of good will and lot’s of discussion –but there seem to be a lot of uh — just a lot of talk at the moment and a lot of pieces need to be put together. So, trying to figure out what they are.
Damon: What kind of a sense have you been able to get so far in terms of how severe the crisis is and what actually needs to be done to help out? Watch CNN’s exclusive interview with Angelina Jolie »
Jolie: Well, I in my research before I came here, I looked at the numbers and there are over 4 million people displaced and of the 2 million internally displaced it’s estimated that 58 percent are under 12 years old. So it’s a very high number of people in a very, very vulnerable situation and a lot of young kids. So far the different U.S. officials I’ve met with and different local people I’ve met with all have shared concerns and very, very strongly you know they have spoken out about the humanitarian crisis but um, but there seems to be a block in.
I’m not good at policy and fixing all this and saying what’s wrong but I do know that for example U.N.H.C.R. needs to be more active inside Iraq. In order for that to happen, they need they feel strongly about having some better protection … better security in talking with the U.S. officials, they’re willing to give that security to the extent that they can give it.
And so you know I don’t have the answers but I know that this is one thing that needs to be addressed and solved because there does need to be a real presence here to help count the people and register the people. Also even just the government here needs to empower the prime minister … here needs to empower the government that deals with migration and displacement to be able to address the concerns for these people and that hasn’t happened in a significant way yet.
Damon: Do you think that the global community has a responsibility to address that?
Jolie: Well I think the global community always has a … has a responsibility to any humanitarian crisis. And I think it’s in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can can lead to a lot of instability and aggression and you know pop. We don’t … we certainly we just don’t want that we have.. A lot of people feel it’s a little calmer now … this is the time to really discuss and and try to get these communities back together. But if these communities don’t start coming back together properly, if we don’t start really counting the people … understanding where they are … what they need … making sure the schools are being built … making sure the electricity the water and all these needs are being met and also understanding that a lot of the people that will return are going to come back to houses that are occupied or destroyed and bombed out and we have to we have to have… It’s going to be a big operation to understand the needs … to address it to help people put the pieces of their life back together and return to their communities. So it’s really just putting kind of … getting the plan together … getting the group together and everybody actively focused on helping the IDPS and the refugees.
Damon: What would the message that you would want to carry out of here back to the States or even the message that you would want to get out internationally in terms of what’s happening here … the refugee crisis … how serious it is and the consequences that could happen in the future if it’s not properly addressed?
Jolie: I always hate speculation on the news, so I don’t want to be somebody who speculates. Um but I think it’s clear, I think, I think you know a displaced unstable population is you know is a very what happens in Iraq, and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East.
2nd half of transcript
Damon: On a personal level why is this so important to you … you willing to come here and risk your life?
Jolie: Uh, what about you (laughs) why are you here? (laughs) It was an easy choice to make. I’ve uh, I felt I had to come here because it is very difficult to get answers about especially the internally displaced people. It’s as I said even U.N.H.C.R. who I traditionally work with — they are not able to be inside at the moment and so I was very frustrated and just getting a bunch of ideas and papers but not knowing what’s really going on, so so today I’m able to talk to all different people from our government and their government and really get some answers as to what is holding up the processes to really really assist these people properly.
Damon: Do you think that you in your position can try to push this process forward put … pressure perhaps on the U.S. government to let more refugees into the U.S. to address the situation within Iraq and of course address the situations in Syria and Jordan?
Jolie: To put pressure on the U.S.?
Damon: On the U.S. or to try to just put pressure in general create awareness?
Jolie: (interrupting) I think certainly creating awareness. And I think you know what I found is there is… I spoke to the State Department today about meeting our goal, you know the U.S.’s goal of 12,000 people and they still intend to reach that goal and they have and you know there are many different people who can be cynical or say well how are they going to do it, and I will ask them how are you going to do it and is there some way we can help to … you know … is there some thing we all need to understand more is there ways we can help to process different people in different countries better is there because uh because we do need to get those people and we do need to in eight months get as close to 12,000 people as possible we should and I have to believe that there are people working towards that goal so.. So at least that and um, what was your other question?
Damon: Why is it so important? What do you think needs to be (interrupted) Why is Iraq important?
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Jolie: Well as I said, if it is not stable it can affect the entire Middle East and that will effect our entire world. If you don’t simply want to look at it as of course it’s important because there are human beings living here .. I don’t see borders and I see lives and I see children and this is you know an environment where there is a war but there is a humanitarian crisis. And they have to be addressed simultaneously. We can’t wait for one to end to then finally take the time to address the other, it has to start right now.
Damon: There are reports out of Hollywood that… (laughs)
Jolie: Oh don’t. Stop it. (interupts I had to ask) Stay true to your tradition. You’re CNN. Don’t do it!
Damon: I know that’s why I have to… (Laughs)
Jolie: But I don’t have to answer. OK?
Damon: No you don’t. I completely and totally … you’re right and will not press the matter.
Jolie: Thank you.
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She’s doing exactly what she should in her role with the UN - hopefully today people will think about the people in Iraq who have to deal with making their daily lives work in the war zone. And yay for her for giving support to our troops.
The UN on the whole is one corrupt, bloated mess - but there are areas where it still is a a wonderful agency - and Jolie’s work shows what the UN can do when it is at its best.
So proud of you Ange, you put others first before your safety. Be safe & I hope, you are on your way back home now. She looks tired but still beautiful. God bless her & the rest of her family.
I’m inspired by her.
she’s totally pregnant. I like when she said come on your CNN.
http://www.people.com/people/stylewatch/gallery/0,,20170225,00.html
24th
love her!
good on ya Ange, i hope u stay safe and watch out for them goddamn IED’S
According to ABC’s Chris Cuomo, Angelina Jolie is in Iraq on behalf/”at the request of” the U.S State Department.
Thanx JJ
jpf
she’s great! and with no makeup on, she looks very human and approachable, but she does seem kind of tired and like she should get some rest. i hope she doesn’t collapse from all the stress of travelling. but she’s doing a very good thing and raising awareness.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176664,00.html
Shining onstage at the Santa Barbara Film Festival only last Saturday, Angelina Jolie showed up a world away – in every respect – on Thursday: Baghdad.
The actress, 32, is there in her role as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to focus attention on the plight of more than 2 million “very, very vulnerable” internally displaced Iraqis, CNN reports.
“There’s lots of goodwill and lots of discussion, but there seems to be just a lot of talk at the moment, and a lot of pieces that need to be put together. I’m trying to figure out what they are,” Jolie, calling for a more coherent plan for the refugees to trickle back to their homes, said as part of an interview with CNN.
“What happens in Iraq and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East,” she said. “And a big part of what it’s going to affect, how it settles, is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like.”
She added, “It’s in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and aggression.”
Jolie’s visit is due to encompass meetings with the top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi migration officials, says the American Embassy, the Associated Press reports.
AP Television News also showed her socializing with American troops over lunch at a dining facility in the high-security Green Zone, where the embassy and Iraqi government offices in central Baghdad are located.
Time will come for Iraq to be what it used to be from the help of the US & other countries, we can’t just abandon them now, we need to repair what damaged we’ve done & right now it seems we are on the right path, it will be years but it is going there. Ange represents each of us, she gives morale boost to a lot of US soldiers in Iraq, as a high caliber movie star, she can be in her mansion & be with her kids & Brad but because she views the world differently & cares about the refugees she went there personally to see what’s going on once she comes back on her trip she will report that to the UN & from that they will discuss what’s best for the refugees in Iraq, that’s really a big deal to those people displaced by war. Ange doesn’t mind to be unglamorous & dirty unlike other stars of HW who do nothing to help the unfortunate ones, it’s a lot different to be there personally than just talk about it behind the camera. Ange is doing it personally with compassion & commitment. Brad is so proud of you & fans are so proud of you. Be safe Ange. God bless.
I have already sent her blessings over the airwaves as she was airborne. It was written by a teacher of mine who just passed over last month:
May the light of your soul guide you
May the light of your soul bless the work
You do with the secret love and warmth of your heart
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those
Who work with you and to those who see and receive your work
May your work never weary you
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement
May you be present in what you do
May you never become lost in the bland absences
May the day never burden you
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams,
possibilities and promises
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected
May your soul calm, console and renew you
by the late Irish Poet John O’Donohue
# 6 David………you can go to Iraq & be a target. You have to be appreciative of Ange & the troops overseas specially in Iraq & Afghanistan who are there serving the people, how about you, what have you done to help others? I bet nothing because you don’t see Ange as humanitarian. You are one bitter person, you need help.
How ppl. can “worship” such narcissistic, greedy, ego-tistical “stars” such as: “The Beckhams’”, “The Cruises”, Paris Hilton, LL, BS, etc… when this woman has such a genuine, true, loving, giving spirit, and actually “walks the walk NOT just talking the talk” so to speak… it’s truly baffling to me… Ange is a TRUE Humanatarian in every sense of the word- giving, gracious, selfless- always looking/searching for ways to enhance the plight of those less fortunate… she’s truly an inspiration…
Good for you, Angelina.
She could have just attended the “Raising Malawi” event and felt good about herself, but no, she actually went to where it’s really happening. It was great that when the CNN correspondent asked her why she was rising her life, she asked her why she was risking HER life? Basically that they’re both there because there’s a need to be there.
Thanks Jared.
AJ is an inspiration.
Just saw angie live on cnn with the us troops. She looked good and happy and sitting and talking to them in the mess hall and they were all taking pics of her. Over at jjb a fan has posted new st john ads and angie looks so stunning.
Going to Iraq while pregnant? She’s out of her f*cking mind!
#7, lili = a moron who has nothing better to do but insult ppl and uses words that aren’t even in the dictionary. how lame and pathetic. who cares if you don’t like her? keep it to yourself…what makes you think we give a damn about your opinions?
I love her. She is my role model. I hope she will stay safe and continue to do this work for many years to come. And I love Brad for standing by her.
Good Job Angie!! God Bless you and have safe trip back home…
#38
This morning pregnant women in Iraq got up and went about their business with no protection - your point?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176664,00.html
Jolie will return to the U.S. Thursday night.
Reuters
By Paul Tait
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hollywood star and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more international help for the millions of Iraqis displaced internally and abroad, U.N. officials said.
Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), met officials from the United Nations, the U.S. embassy and the U.S. military in central Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.
“She’s here in her official capacity to talk to government officials, the military and the United Nations about Iraq’s refugees and displaced persons,” Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. envoy to Baghdad, told Reuters.
Jolie also visited Iraq last August, when she went to a makeshift camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) and met Iraqi refugees in Damascus, capital of neighboring Syria.
She said she wanted more information about IDPs and to discuss the problem with the Iraqi government, U.S. officials and aid workers, as well as to meet local Iraqis.
“There are over 2 million internally displaced people and there doesn’t seem to be a real coherent plan to help them,” Jolie told CNN. “There’s lots of goodwill and lots of discussion but there seems to be just a lot of talk at the moment and a lot of pieces need to be put together,” she said.
Some 2.2 million Iraqis have fled sectarian fighting which killed tens of thousands after the bombing of a revered Shi’ite shrine in February 2006 and pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.
The Iraqi Red Crescent estimates that between 1.5 million and 2 million Iraqis fled to Syria, most of the others going to Jordan. Roughly the same number are displaced within Iraq.
“I was very impressed by the fact that she was extremely well informed and well documented about the plight of refugees in Iraq and outside Iraq,” de Mistura said after meeting Jolie for about 30 minutes.
“She asked how can all of us make sure that refugees are better treated,” he said.
An Iraqi Red Crescent (IRC) report on Thursday said that the number of IDPs returning to their homes had slowed significantly because people were still worried about security.
A UNHCR report this week said the flow of refugees from Syria back to Iraq had also slowed, and that more Iraqis were leaving than returning. The IRC says 46,000 refugees returned from Syria between September 15 and December 27, 2007, far fewer than government figures indicate.
Iraqi officials, eager to play up signs of improving security, said last November that up to 1,600 were returning to Iraq daily, but now they say the situation is not clear and a more accurate survey is being planned.
The UNHCR report said most of those returning were doing so not because of improved security but because they could no longer afford to live in Syria.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0789968820080207?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
I admire her activites. It is true she is inspiration.
AJP @ 02/07/2008 at 9:27 am
I have already sent her blessings over the airwaves as she was airborne. It was written by a teacher of mine who just passed over last month:
May the light of your soul guide you
May the light of your soul bless the work
You do with the secret love and warmth of your heart
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those
Who work with you and to those who see and receive your work
May your work never weary you
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement
May you be present in what you do
May you never become lost in the bland absences
May the day never burden you
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams,
possibilities and promises
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected
May your soul calm, console and renew you
by the late Irish Poet John O’Donohue
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That is so beautiful.
woah.
she has no idea about Iraqi people - every sentence is rhetorical.
this lady should donate money - not her public face.
**** off, jolie
How cool….Interesting how the interview with CNN ended as well
Wow! Love her.
Thanks Jared for the new thread and the video interview of Angie talking to CNN about her trip to Iraq and helping the over 2M refugees. She was great in the interview. She is truly amazing and know exactly what she is talking about. I love the video of her having lunch witht the troops.
Be safe Angie. She is so inspiring and just so real. So proud to be a fan of hers
What Angelina is doing is tremendous. Reuters, AP, CNN and many other news agencies are reporting this. Angelina Jolie is one of the most googled people on the planet - literally. People who normally google Angelina Jolie will read about what she is doing and understand more about the human situation in Iraq.
If Angelina wanted to do this just for the publicity - she could do it by attending benefits like Raising Malawi. She doesn’t have to put her life at risk.
iraqi @ 02/07/2008 at 9:57 am
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You might want to read the Reuters article I posted and see what Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. envoy to Baghdad, has to say about how wrong you are.
she’s such an inspiration.
# 36 African Girl @ 02/07/2008 at 9:40 am
Thanks Jared.
AJ is an inspiration.
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She sure is AG
a huge meaningless ego inflation game for someone trying desperately for attention and to justify to the public, that excess attention to her loveless life
respect !
I hadn’t seen the video of her eating with the troops. Wow, I love how she’s busy eating and conversing with the troops. That’s our Angie. I’m so proud of her for the work she’s doing.
# 36 African Girl @ 02/07/2008 at 9:40 am
Thanks Jared.
AJ is an inspiration.
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YES, she is.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/02/07/von.jolie.iraq.eat.with.troops.cnn?iref=mpvideosview
You can hear a troop talking to Angelina about Texas.
………. @ 02/07/2008 at 10:06 am a huge meaningless ego inflation game for someone trying desperately for attention and to justify to the public, that excess attention to her loveless life
I hope you posted the above at all the threads JustJared posted for the Malawi benefit.
By the way, loveless life? Boy, if her life is “loveless” in your definition, then there is no hope for the rest of us. She has freakin’ Brad Pitt in her bed and in her life, for Pete’s sake.
I think I’d give her a little more credit if she actually got something done. I’m glad she’s willing to use her celebrity to bring attention to these causes, but it’s the same sh*t, different day. “These people need help and there seems to be a lot of talk but no action.” Same report, different country. It would be nice of her to actually try to make something happen instead of giving poignant speeches and having pictures taken of her playing with poor children and looking pensive at conferences. I know that’s asking a lot, she IS just an actress after all, but she really isn’t doing that much to help these people. She’s just a face. I’m sure I’ll get attacked now, oh well. Just expressing an opinion.
I also love how half of the comments in these threads have to mention that she “looks great” or is “so beautiful”. As if that means something.
Ha! @ 02/07/2008 at 10:13 am
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Angie HAS gotten ALOT of things done. She’s helped build a school in Kenya, she’s built a school and roads in Cambodia with the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project. She’s also done this.
Liberian refugee women stitch together new future after Angelina Jolie skills course
LARGO CAMP, Sierra Leone, Feb. 23 (UNHCR) – There was an atmosphere of joy and jubilation in Largo refugee camp last week when 50 Liberian refugee women each received a sewing machine after successfully completing a sewing skills course, funded by UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie.
“Today, our dreams have come true and for this we are very grateful. When we came to the camp, we did not know anything. But, with the skills that we have learned, we now know how to sew both for children and adults, we can return to Liberia and will be able to do something on our own,” said Sangay Kawala on behalf of the trainees.
At the graduation ceremony the refugees sang songs in praise of Angelina Jolie and UNHCR. The Goodwill Ambassador donated the funds for the sewing courses in four refugee camps in Sierra Leone, including buying some of the sewing machines distributed to participants. UNHCR also helped fund the sewing machine purchase in Largo camp.
“I would like to congratulate all of you on the completion of your training. You deserve the certificates and sewing machines,” UNHCR’s Kenema sub-office head Ibrahima Coly said to loud cheers and applause. Coly encouraged the refugees to use their sewing machines to help them stitch together a new future and help others.
The majority of the group and their families have signed up to repatriate back to Liberia shortly, joining some 50,000 Liberian refugees from around West Africa who have now returned home since the official repatriation started. Back in Liberia, their sewing skills will be crucial to help them restart their lives.
“The future is now in your hands. Please make the best use of it. I would also like to appeal to you to kindly assist to train other refugees or returnees who were not privileged to get the machines. I wish you all good luck in your future career,” Coly told the happy graduates.
The main aim of the sewing project was to build the capacity of refugee nursing mothers, improving their nutritional status by giving them skills to generate income, says training programme coordinator Magdalene Dakowa of Catholic Relief Services. Another aim was for the sewing groups in each of the camps to produce 500 baby clothes for refugee children.
The initial six-month training project started in January 2004. The course was so successful that the trainees went on to produce children’s clothes for both refugees and host communities as a way of continuing their career development. During this period the women in Largo camp were contracted to produce school uniforms by one of UNHCR’s partners. The graduation ceremony marked the conclusion of their career training.
Funds for the project were also used to help 500 other refugee women improve their backyard gardening, again to help improve the nutritional status of the refugees.
At the graduation ceremony, five trainers of the project – three men and two women – also each received one machine. One of the trainers, Isata Koroma, came from the host community.
“The sewing machine that I have received will help me and my family,” said Isata. “I am a single mother. My husband was killed in the war in my country, Sierra Leone, and it has been really difficult for me to take care of our seven children. I am very grateful for this assistance.”
There are eight refugee camps in Sierra Leone hosting some 46,000 refugees, with most coming from Liberia’s most devastated Lofa County. With the positive changes taking place in Liberia UNHCR is now actively promoting voluntary repatriation for an estimated 160,000 Liberian refugees still outside their homeland. Some 46,000 Liberian refugees remain in camps in Sierra Leone with Largo camp hosting 5,300 refugees.
By Sulaiman Momodu
In Largo camp, Sierra Leone
Can’t help but respect this woman. W O W !
I admire this woman!!!.
Good for you Angie, you have a big heart. God bless you and your lovely family.
Thanks JJ for the new thread.
Ha! @ 02/07/2008 at 10:13 am
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1- Obvious the U.S Goverment doesn’t agree with you, because Angelina went in government mission with the State Department to Iraq.
2- Her “job” as a goodwill ambassador for the UNHCR is to bring awareness to the problems.
3- She does help. She gives a third of her income to charity.
For all the people on here criticizing her work based on personal feelings, all I have to say is, so what? Who cares why she’s doing humanitarian work, at least it’s getting done. She’s doing a lot more than 99% of these lazy a$$ stars who’s only goal in life is to get one hit movie/album so they can party 24/7 and use rehab as a summer resort. Let the hate go, people!
As goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, , the 32-year-old do-gooder was on a mission to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees in Baghdad on Thursday
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Please upgrade you language. There’s no such word as a do-gooder.
She’s a humanitarian and philanthropist.
I hope all of you who believed that she was in Jordan have learned your lesson.
Ha! @ 02/07/2008 at 10:13 am
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May 1, 2002
Angelina Jolie spreads goodwill in Namibia
WINDHOEK, Namibia (UNHCR) – Goodwill is in the air at Namibia’s Osire refugee camp. Between late March and mid April this year, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited and donated food, tents and sports equipment to the nearly 24,000 refugees there.
On March 23, Jolie joined the High Commissioner’s Representative in Namibia, Hesdy Rathling, at Osire camp while working on her new movie, “Beyond Borders,” in the country.
Osire camp, established in 1998, is home to mostly Angolan refugees. There, the Goodwill Ambassador met new arrivals, family groups, leaders of the women’s refugee organisation and nurses who briefed her on the running of the camp clinic.
After hearing about the enthusiastic sports teams at the camp, Jolie brought hundreds of volleyballs, basketballs, footballs and nets to be distributed to the refugees. This was in line with the discussion she held with High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers on the value of sports activities as a means of maintaining health and morale (Olympic Aid Roundtable, February 9, Salt Lake City).
Returning from her day with the refugees at Osire camp, Jolie said, “These people have amazing spirit and determination. I want to come back and spend more time with them.”
On April 13, Jolie and her production team donated 270 tents and several hundred items of bedding and mattresses to Osire camp. They also contributed 13.5 tons of food supplies including corn meal, wheat, sugar, salt and beans.
In addition, the Goodwill Ambassador made a generous personal contribution to UNHCR for projects benefitting refugees in Osire camp. These included education materials and support for the Women’s Centre. She told Rathling she will follow closely events which may allow a safe and peaceful return home for the Angolan refugees she now considers her friends.
Before leaving Namibia, Jolie also worked with the UNHCR video team to complete her narration of an updated version of “We Were There,” a 27-minute documentary offering a historical perspective of UNHCR’s work over the past 50 years.
She appears in the documentary alongside High Commissioner Lubbers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Olara Otunnu, Nobel Peace Prize winners Desmond Tutu and Rigoberta Menchu, as well as several former High Commissioners.
The documentary will be launched for global TV broadcast on World Refugee Day on June 20.
CNN!!! FINALLY A REAL SOURCE AND NOT SOME FREAKING PAGE SIX TABLOID
The troops love ya Angie
Ha
All you have to do is go to MJP maddox jolie-pitt project and UNHCR for her work factsheet and many other sites for her causes and you will see all that she has accomplished. Because she alone hasn’t resolved the middle east conflict then her being an ambassador is useless is it? Tell that to the people who have benefitted from her involvement and they will strongly disagree.I say the same to the other critics on this board. Look for facts and the information instead of being negative to those who do actually get involved no matter how big or small part they play.
Jolie: I always hate speculation on the news, so I don’t want to be somebody who speculates
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She’s smarter than most people. Good on you Angelina. Stay safe.
Great interview.
Ha! @ 02/07/2008 at 10:13 am
gosh, stop being so paranoid and bitter.
I disagree with your analysis that Angelina didn’t achieve anything in her visit. You are talking about it - something you probably wouldn’t have done if Angelina hadn’t gone. And there are more people who are forced to take note that the situation is a big mess in Iraq, even whilst you try to forget about it by reading tablies.
Perhaps, if you are smart and you are an American, Australian or British, you will:
(a) think about the possible consequences when your president/ prime minister suggests invading another country for whatever reason - be it for oil, or to bring democracy or to destroy a tyrant.
(b) think about the reasons why many people in the middle east and Asia think that American foreign policy in Iraq has been such a desparate mistake.
(b) think whether, now that America/ Britain and Australia helped to bring about the mess in Iraq, whether you can just bring your boys home, like you’d like to do and leave the mess in Iraq, like seagull who flies in, sh*ts and leaves.
Because the people of Iraq never actually asked us to come and now don’t know whether they want us to stay or go. Should we try to clean up the mess?? People’s lives are at stake - not just in this generation but the next by the decisions we make. If we leave and the mess deteriorates, then remember the next time a bomb goes off targetting Australians, americans and the British. It may be we have helped to create this anger and this despair. Let’s try to make wiser choices this time.
Angie walks the walk. CG knows what he is talking about.
Angie is there with the freaking US Department of State, she’s meeting with Generals, Presidents, and troops, in a WAR ZONE.
IGNORE THE BITTER HATERS WHO DO NOTHING BUT RUSH TO SPEW AND RANT MEANINGLESS HATE FILLED CRA* DUE TO A VAPID TALENTLESS TV HAS BEEN ACTRESS THEY IDENTIFY WITH BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE THEM!!
THEY ARE SITTING ON THESE FAT ASSESS SAFE AT HOME WHILE SHE IS IN AN AREA WHERE BOMBS AND SHOOTINGS ARE CONTINUOUS.
LOVE YOU ANGELINA, KEEP ON LIVING YOUR LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS.
Beautiful in and out.
Awwh, I cant see the interview at work, but I cant wait to go home and see it. Hey Angie, say hi to my husband for me, he’s due home early March. Thanks girlfriend.
Ha! @ 02/07/2008 at 10:13 am
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March 9, 2005
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie launches centre for unaccompanied children
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 9 (UNHCR) – Children fleeing persecution and arriving alone in the United States will now have better access to free legal counsel, thanks to the new National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in Washington, D.C.
The centre was launched on Tuesday by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, who last year donated $500,000 to the centre and who has been advocating for more than two years on the issue of unaccompanied children seeking asylum who are detained in the US.
Speaking to reporters at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Jolie said, “The point of all this is, when children cross into this country alone and they’re scared, we must hear them out before we make the choice to either allow them asylum in our country or send them away. It is unethical to not listen to these children. Because without legal representation we are sending children to court to represent themselves in a language that most of them don’t understand. And expecting them to recall accounts so frightening and humiliating, they wouldn’t want to tell anyone, let alone a room full of strangers.”
Each year more than 5,000 children from around the world arrive in the US unaccompanied by adults. Many of these children are asylum seekers who fled armed conflict and human rights abuses in their homelands, including forced recruitment of child soldiers, forced prostitution and servitude, sexual slavery and exploitation, child labour, abuse of street children, child brides and female genital mutilation. Some children come to the US because they have been abused, abandoned or neglected by their parents or caregivers.
A number of these unaccompanied children are apprehended immediately at airports or land borders upon arrival in the US because they lack proper documentation. Others are apprehended after crossing the border illegally. Many are trafficked into the US to work in sweatshops or prostitution rings.
In 2004, over 6,000 children arrived alone in the US and were placed in immigration removal proceedings. These children often go through complex immigration court proceedings alone, without lawyers. After being apprehended, children are placed in the custody of the Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Department of Health and Human Services. They are held in shelter facilities around the US and ORR works to get them released to families. About 3,000 children are released every year. Major destination cities include New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Houston and Dallas.
The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005 offers the promise of systemic reform in the treatment of these children. Under this bill, there would be a greater emphasis on ensuring pro bono lawyers, and the children would be eligible for guardians. The law would also address remaining deficiencies in the immigration system’s treatment of children by requiring special training for immigration judges, prosecutors and pro bono attorneys. The bill has been reintroduced this session and has a great deal of bi-partisan support.
The newly-launched National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children will support this bill by seeking lawyers willing to donate their time to help children access asylum and other forms of humanitarian protection. The centre is being implemented in partnership with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The key to the success of this centre is the commitment of large law firms throughout the US to provide pro bono services in their communities.
By Lilli Tnaib
In Washington D.C.
She is incredible! Sultry star and award winning actress, model,devoted earth mother of four, activist, humanitarian,pilot and, among other things, loving wife.
D*** right I admire her - who wouldn’t??
#72 Lylian:
Had to come out of lurking to thank you for this excellent, well-thought-out and well-phrased post. I apprciate you putting your thoughts in such a clear-cut, precise and objective manner.
Haven’t been posting much lately because I disagreed with Jared’s latest threads, too much tabloid crapola. And he never answers emails anymore, or at least he never answered mine, whereas before he used to, even with just one-liners. And sometimes fans themselves can just bite other fans who may have posted something they disagreed with. But if you, AG and some of the more level-headed posters still post here at JustJared, then there is still hope.
Ha
She is helping children of this conflict. She was at the Clinton Global seminar a few months back addressing this very thing and she has partnered up with unicef about getting education for children of conflicts which she herself donated to. Just do the research and you will see for yourself.
good morning, ladies
hey I Love Shiloh !!! here is your video
http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ai4Wl7YOQ
She is an inspiration & you know how this visit to the troops mean? A lot & it just shows how she is as a person & how Ange accomplished a lot & she is not doing it for personal gain it’s her passion & love for the people of war torn countries. I agree with some of you, she is a lot better than those others in HW who prefer to sit down & be glamorous at all time & doing nothing to help others. I wish I can do what she does, she is using her popularity in a nice way, she is making a lot of difference to a lot of people. Go Ange. God bless you always & to our troops in Iraq & Afghanistan be safe & we are proud of you. I’m sure Brad is proud of you & your kids too.
I just have to comment on how AMAZING WOMAN ANGELINA JOLIE is, don’t care what the haters says…..ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS!!!! She walks the walk, very brave, and do what she thinks is right , tryly an angel.
That’s what you called CHANGE and IMPROVEMENT. Her mother must be very proud of her in heaven, always looking down at her and having the biggest smile.
Ha!
If everyone had your mindset, “same ****, different day”, nothing would get done. Change takes time, doesn’t happen overnight.
Nancy @ 02/07/2008 at 9:43 am
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Nancy, Why don’t you should go instead. You’re more than capable than Angelina, right?
What a lady, very much informed of the world & how her celebrity status is used on a positive & influenced others to do the right thing to give noticed to the flights of the unfortunate ones in the refugee camps. Thanks Ange for a job well done. When you talk people listens. Lovely lady in & out.
I’m proud to be your fan Angie.
Stay safe and keep up the good work.
there a picture in jjb that show her belly is big
Seriously! Every time I take a break from JJs for a few days, when I come back there’s always such amazing news about the JPs!
I truly admire this woman! I have never seen such a pro-active celebrity when it comes to truly living one’s life to the fullest.
Amazing, just AMAZING!. More power to you Angelina.
Thanks for being the woman that you are.
Very proud to be your fan.
What is this jackass trying to achieve by putting ‘ums’ into a transcript of a news interview. I interviewed hundreds of individuals for both news and feature articles and you only put those in feature articles for colour and semantics. The editor ought to know better. Leave the ‘ums’ out of this kind of news article, they only distract and detract from the essence of what is being conveyed.
Angelina is naturally very beautiful woman…and i’m proud to call myself one of the millions of fans who admire her beauty , brain and talents.. GOD BLESS BRANGELINA and their LITTLE ANGELS.
No Wonder Brad is crazy in love with her….Angie is amazing..
Thanks for this thread Jared..you are the best.
Ha!, is an example of one more ignorant person who refuses to educate herself when resources are available to her (yeah you dumb b*tch, you know you’re going to “get attacked” as you say because you KNOW you’re talking out of your azz and that you haven’t even bothered to do any homework) - anyone w/ a google connection can read of Angelina’s accomplishments…they are concrete and they are working - whether it’s her unaccompanied minors bill that was signed and passed, her millenium villages project w/ dr jeffrey sachs that she funded, that has actually improved living conditions in Africa, her southeast asian/cambodian foundation that she funded that distributes AIDS drugs, (this is just the tip of the iceberg because I don’t have all day)…lastly, no one doubts her influence in terms of inspiring not just her peers in Hollywood (forget kaballah..I’d say Madge gets inspired by Angelina, ditto Clooney, and Brad has already admitted it..and here these are people DECADES and going on 20 years older than herself. ) Her own generation and the younger crowd mention her inspiration and influence regularly…so, even IF Angelina did nothing else in humanitarian causes ever, her influence on other people worldwide…inspiring them to step up to the plate as well, is and has been astounding and the stuff of legend. Face it you troll, she stands alone…Angelina, moreso than anyone else I can think of empowers the spirit of ‘one’..she is not a corporation like Oprah, she doesn’t go begging Gucci like Madge, or enlisting corporations and moguls like Bono…she reaches into her OWN pocket regularly, most of all the sheer strength and will of her own singular desire to learn, and make the world better is almost legendary at this point because of her OWN generosity, grit, intelligence and compassion she has no peer - no one is as inspiring….and they certainly have not accomplished what she has and all under her own steam.
That said if AJ is returning Thurs night, that means she’s out aready,back in the UK!
I know this is for refugee,but in this pic she doesn’t look pregnant at all.look at how she hold her food.If she was,I don’t think she would hold that plate like her.
http://i25.tinypic.com/5wxjj9.jpg
HA /NANCY cares ur explanaation guys?……no she is just scorned jealous woman who hate jolie becoz she took brad pitt away , tht’s it!. it’s just the same regular RESIDENT EVIL swho changes name . u can bragged all her greatness and explain w/ all ur might when this person , if she is a person at all could care less for her , angie stole brad pitt. this resident don’t care , her humanitarian, infact these trolls is a self-centered psycho, who prefers to hv a good time . they don’t care about the plight of others. these trollies only admire women, who are wearing fashionable clothes, looking good, great body, going to spa, hanging with friends, vacationing, etc. becoz tht’s their real identity, shallow ,useless and pretententious b!
Ha!, is an example of one more ignorant person who refuses to educate herself when resources are available to her (yeah you dumb b*tch, you know you’re going to “get attacked” as you say because you KNOW you’re talking out of your azz and that you haven’t even bothered to do any homework) - anyone w/ a google connection can read of Angelina’s accomplishments…they are concrete and they are working - whether it’s her unaccompanied minors bill that was signed and passed, her millenium villages project w/ dr jeffrey sachs that she funded, that has actually improved living conditions in Africa, her southeast asian/cambodian foundation that she funded that distributes AIDS drugs, (this is just the tip of the iceberg because I don’t have all day)…lastly, no one doubts her influence in terms of inspiring not just her peers in Hollywood (forget kaballah..I’d say Madge gets inspired by Angelina, ditto Clooney, and Brad has already admitted it..and here these are people DECADES and going on 20 years older than herself. ) Her own generation and the younger crowd mention her inspiration and influence regularly…so, even IF Angelina did nothing else in humanitarian causes ever, her influence on other people worldwide…inspiring them to step up to the plate as well, is and has been astounding and the stuff of legend. Face it you troll, she stands alone…Angelina, moreso than anyone else I can think of empowers the spirit of ‘one’..she is not a corporation like Oprah, she doesn’t go begging Gucci like Madge, or enlisting corporations and moguls like Bono…she reaches into her OWN pocket regularly, most of all the sheer strength and will of her own singular desire to learn, and make the world better is almost legendary at this point because of her OWN generosity, grit, intelligence and compassion she has no peer - no one is as inspiring….and they certainly have not accomplished what she has and all under her own steam.
That said if AJ is returning Thurs night, that means she’s out aready,back in the UK!
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I love your post Cliniqua!
CLINIQUA @ 02/07/2008 at 11:16 am
what time?since in Iraq now time is around 6:30 to 7 p.m.
she probably just is getting ready to leave right now.I think she probably will come back to L.A tomorrow noon or afternoon.
kinda OT @ 02/07/2008 at 11:17 am
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OMG you’re really obsessed, aren’t you?
Hello Bampzsters! It’s good to see our Angie. Praying for her health and strenght and safety as always. I love how she answered the CNN reporter about the pregnancy speculation. That made my day…
God bless the Jolie-Pitts!
kinda OT @ 02/07/200