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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angel @ 02/07/2008 at 1:03 pm THIS IS THE VIDEO
http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1407950753
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OMG, you can totally see it. There’s a moment in plain view, when she’s getting her tray. She’s pregnant.
Hi angel.
#105: timezone, that should put to rest the trolls’ speculation as to where Angie will be when Brad starts shooting for TOL. Hopefully we’ll get some pics of them settling down there for the duration it will take to get it done. We might see the rise of the bump, yay!
(Consequently, that do that he is sporting seems to be for the film so speculators who guessed it were right on.)
I agree with Angelina.
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I liked this part:
She is very nice, intelligent, serious about the refugee cause, and I cannot imagine how she survives given that she cannot take a step anywhere without crowds of people and cameras in her face. We had selected a group of troops and embassy officers to sit and have lunch. She was extremely sweet to all the people at the table, spent lots of time chatting with everyone, and agreed politely to every request for photos, autographs, waves.
Hey carolina.
Thankyou @ 02/07/2008 at 12:51 pm Its true, Angelina Jolie is pregnant with TWINS. My Baba can confirm it. He did, after all, sit RIGHT NEXT to her at lunch yesterday. Check out this video, …
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Thanks!
How did your Baba know that she is having twins, did she told him about it? And which one is your Baba is it the one wearing a suit?
Just bringing what you wrote in your blog!
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Its true, Angelina Jolie is pregnant with TWINS. My Baba can confirm it. He did, after all, sit RIGHT NEXT to her at lunch yesterday. Check out this video, where I swear Angie makes eyes at my very own Baba. Brad Pitt better watch his back. Oh, and in case you were wondering about that plate of food in front of her- don’t be fooled… she doesn’t actually eat. Here’s Baba’s report:
It was a madhouse. Word had leaked out enough that there was going to be a special guest in the DFAC that there were crowds of people there with their cameras.
First of all, yes, she is pregnant, with twins. That is true. She is very, very thin though. No real noticeable bump but she was wearing a loose long-sleeved black sweater that didn’t reveal much. When she was putting on her body armor as we left the UN HQ she did joke about why they didn’t make special fit for women since that would be more comfortable for her breasts. (I am not kidding–Lant, I could have started this e-mail “So Angelina Jolie was talking to me about her breasts today.”) The overall attire was black, pants, boots, short trench coat when we were outside, and a black back pack. No jewelry, no makeup except a little for the TV interview, a gold watch on her right wrist, and a little chinese tatoo on the inside of her left wrist and a larger sort of South Pacific tatoo on the outside of her left forearm. (She is left handed.)
She is very nice, intelligent, serious about the refugee cause, and I cannot imagine how she survives given that she cannot take a step anywhere without crowds of people and cameras in her face. We had selected a group of troops and embassy officers to sit and have lunch. She was extremely sweet to all the people at the table, spent lots of time chatting with everyone, and agreed politely to every request for photos, autographs, waves.
Let’s see what else? For lunch she had chicken fried steak, potatoes, corn with red peppers, and a diet pepsi. She ate very little of it however (you can see her nibbling in the cnn footage). I had mushroom soup, crab meat wrap, and a gatorade, but of course none of you care about that. So that is my day in Baghdad.
CRAZY. My Baba is officially the coolest grandpa ever (at least in my mom’s eyes). Here’s another video clip. Stay tuned for more photos…
#112: She was in Pakistan lifting and working in a very primitive condition yet she was already pregnant with Shiloh. This is not as taxing on her body compared to that other mission. She’d had to sleep on the ground inside a tent with just a light cover.
Please, stop with your wishful thinking. What do you get out of it? You’re never happy anyway so stop with the false hopes already. It will only make you more miserable in the long run.
Aww, hey tabitha…wish you could get to meet AJ one of these times.
People says that AJ will be back in the US Thursday night, that means she is almost home!!
I bet those babies and Brad miss her like crazy.
she certainly makes it easy to be proud to be a fan. she is awesome. it would be so easy for her to stay with her family and spend her earnings on herself and live a very pampered life, but that isn’t who she is or what she is about and i admire her greatly. her openess and love make her even more beautiful. God bless her.
angel @ 02/07/2008 at 1:03 pm THIS IS THE VIDEO
http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1407950753
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OMG, you can totally see it. There’s a moment in plain view, when she’s getting her tray. She’s pregnant.
Hi angel.
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i´m so happy for them
I cant wait for the confirmation
Great human being !
Proud to be your fan ! A true inspirational woman !
Go Angie !
see this
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176664,00.html
Francophile @ 02/07/2008 at 1:29 pm Great human being !
Proud to be your fan ! A true inspirational woman !
Go Angie !
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i couldn´t agree more with you!!!!!!!!!
I know she went to Iraq last year. Great woman!
Wow, that soldier is going to have a tale to tell. Lucky G.I.
Does anybody know what happened to bafans forum, is it down or my PC is just acting weird?
hi felinelilly,carolina,all regulars and fans
oh my i just read those hateful comments in Angie’s thread from Perez Hilton and a hater posted over there using the name “Guli” i guess they are obsess not only with Angie but also with angie’s fans here that’s why they are hijacking fan’s name.. pathetic hags.
we as fans should be really proud of her,she is inspirational
#130: no wonder you a hater…you are stupid and blind. Can’t stand to see people happy, are we? He was still married? His divorce was handed down in August and she got pregnant in September. They worked fast but they worked it past the expiration date of the “merger”.
I wonder why your idol never got pregnant with VV? She was sure bangin’ him all the while the divorce was being processed. She was still married then, wasn’t she? Too bad her eggs were too scrambled to produce a good omelet.
From the LA times
Amid the glumness, a bit of glitter came to Iraq today when Angelina Jolie arrived to call attention to the plight of displaced Iraqis. Jolie, who met with U.S. and Iraqi military and political leaders, was here in her role as a United Nations goodwill ambassador.
I agree with Angelina
Ha and the rest critical of her visit to Iraq:
She is a UNHCR (High Commission on Refugees) ambassador. Part of her job is to generate publicity. There are six ambassadors at any one time. I bet most folks can’t name the other five–because they generally do two fund raisers a year. Angelina is much more involved–she has averaged about one event a month since she began her stint about five years ago. Other ambassadors have included Sophia Loren, Armani and more. I don’t believe any of them ever went to visit a country torn apart. If you think she is doing this for publicity–exposing herself to the attrocities that men commit upon one another–then maybe you need to go over to one of these countries and check it out personally. You probably would never go back. It is heartbreaking.
Secondly, because of her activism, the UN has her doing trips like Iraq where she goes back and reports on conditions so that the UN can better serve their population in any given country. They trust her view points because they know she studies and is an informed ambassador, not just one giving lip service to her work.
Thirdly, what a morale booster for the troops to have her eating with them, signing autographs and acknowledging their sacrifices. They’ll be telling their grandchildren about when they met Angelina Jolie just like the WWII troops told their stories to us.
And for those of you who criticize her for leaving her children and risking her life and that of her unconfirmed as of yet baby–well, then you need to level those same criticisms at those that put their lives at risk everyday for our safety: our police forces, fire departments, our troops, those men and women with families who fight the wildfires so they won’t spread and burn your house down, who are fighting to rebuild the Gulf Coast and New Orleans where crime rates are at an all time high. Or those community activists that try and effect change in the inner cities of Chicago, New York City and the rest of our inner cities. Every day they go to work not knowing what is going to happen–will this be the day I die from a crazed motorist? From burning beams falling on me? A sniper’s bullet?
Life in many ways is a roll of the dice. Those five women in Lane Bryants in Chicago probably walked in there feeling perfectly safe never dreaming their visit would end with a maniac shooting and killing them. Those students at VA Tech as they went about their day never expected to not see the sunset.
Angie knows if anything were to ever happen, her kids are in great hands–their father’s. She knows Brad’s family and her family will step in to support them and love them. And she is not stupid, if you noticed there was hardly any publicity about her trip. She is well protected because the UN and the US doesn’t want the headline story to be Angelina Jolie Dies while on mercy mission.
I think what she is doing is wonderful–both her deep love for her family and her unstinting commitment to her work with refugees and those displaced by war and natural disasters.
As she once said when asked about the criticism about her work with the UN (paraphrased)–those that know me know the real story and that is all that matters. And she matters to those that need the hope she brings, to those that find her an inspiration, and to those children she adopted and gave a chance at a wonderful life.
Just wish there were more out there with her passion and devotion. GO ANGIE.
If she really wants peopleand her fan focus on Refugee,she should whether deny pregnancy or confirme it.just look at yourself,no one of you is actually listening to her,you are watching whether there is bump or not.when her fans are like this,what can we expect from haters.
Is it that much important whether she is pregnant or not?even more than people’s lives?
the real tita,you are so naughty,hahahahahahhaha
# 32 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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Beautiful!
This is one I have allways loved; for Angelina and her family;
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
traditional gaelic blessing
UN Fundraiser Draws Celebs, Questions
Feb 7 04:19 AM US/Eastern
By JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
The $2,500-a-plate dinner and live auction hosted by Rock was an unusual blend of charity and commercial promotion for the U.N. and made some of its officials, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, uneasy.
Gucci, which paid the costs, pegged the event to the Friday opening of its Manhattan flagship store on Fifth Avenue and put its logo and UNICEF’s behind the walkway where celebrities were photographed.
The United Nations Children’s Fund relies on $1 billion in private sector donations for its $3.5 billion global budget, but the U.N. had never before granted permission to a company to erect tents on the north lawn of the U.N. for such a lavish event with a commercial tie- in.
The red-carpet reception drew stars such as Drew Barrymore, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Amy Adams, Brooke Shields, Salma Hayek, Djimon Hounsou, Dita Von Teese and UNICEF Ambassadors Tea Leoni and Lucy Liu, followed by a cocktail party with the likes of Donald Trump and media mogul Barry Diller.
Celebrities paid $2,500 to $10,000 each to dine on grappa-cured salmon, wild striped bass, tart of goat cheese, foraged mushrooms, truffled mashed potatoes and sticky toffee pudding with creme fraiche. Madonna played videos of Malawi and introduced children from the southern African country. Rihanna, Timbaland and Alicia Keys played music afterward.
he said.
Tom Cruise bid $100,000 for a sports package that included the privilege of hanging out at Yankee Stadium with Alex Rodriguez and a private hour playing soccer with David Beckham, but lost out to a bidder who ponied up $350,000.
“It was an extraordinary evening. The whole evening was quite moving,” Cruise told The Associated Press, accompanied by his wife, Katie Holmes, who agreed. Cruise called the United Nations “an absolute necessity” because of the staff who dedicate their lives to building peace.
A trip to Paris with a tour of a vineyard and lunch with Francois- Henri Pinault and Hayek went for $120,000. The priciest auction item was a $600,000 winning bid to tour with Madonna and take a dance class with her and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Organizers said the proceeds would be collected by the Gucci Foundation, a registered charity, and split among Raising Malawi, an advocacy group that operates under The Kabbalah Centre International, and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which supports the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Security was tight and few reporters were allowed inside the dinner.
Madonna has tried to help Malawi orphans since she and her husband, Guy Ritchie began raising a Malawian boy they want to adopt. Rights groups questioned her actions since she took him from an orphanage in 2006 at the age of 1. According to UNICEF, HIV/AIDS affects almost 1 million people in Malawi, including 83,000 children, and half of the country’s 1 million orphans have lost one or both parents to AIDS.
“I’ve earned a reputation for many things: pushing the envelope, for being a provocateur, for never taking no for an answer. For endlessly reinventing myself, for being a cult member, a kidnapper. For being ambitious, outrageous and irreverent. And for never settling for second best,” Madonna told the dinner.
“But I don’t just want you to write me a check. I’m more interested in your heart. I want to take you on that journey with me tonight. I want you to feel as inspired as I do right now,” she said. “Yes, I want to raise Malawi. But if I can do that—if we can do that—then the sky’s the limit.”
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
I think @ 02/07/2008 at 1:43 pm
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No you dont. Youre an amoeba.
think @ 02/07/2008 at 1:43 pm
We are talking about the trip to Iraq. Why don’t you listen to Angelina?
cmar,you are right
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