Angelina Jolie in Iraq (Not Jordan)

Felinelilly @ 02/07/2008 at 1:17 pm

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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OMFG I AGREE

Wow, okay, so close to believing without her own clear confirmation.. THANKS

bampzs,we should be useto these losers now,they are boring

Dancer @ 02/07/2008 at 1:43 pm

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.
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Great and beautifull post!

ansley @ 02/07/2008 at 1:20 pm

Thankyou
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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.
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She looked so beautiful, kind, and approachable. Maybe that’s why the camera’s are so bold as well–she’s very approachable and they sort of take advantage.

TO EVERYONE BEING CRITICAL AND NEGATIVE ABOUT ANGELINA’S HUMANITARIAN WORK– IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK, DO OR SAY :

“The opinion that really counts is that of the world’s refugees, millions of whom have benefitted directly from the work of angelina jolie…..they love her….”
Ron Redmund, Chief Spokesman, Office of the UN High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR) Geneva about Angelina Jolie.

volunteering in relief work*, bringing awareness*

W

She suddenly becomes less haughty when Angelina asks her “Her about you?” jokingly when she asks her “So why is this so important to you?” Thank goodness. It was becoming intolerable.

Felinelilly

I watched it also. I started crying also. I told myself stop crying what’s wrong with you? What was wrong? I was so proud of her and her courage. I was so happy for her and all people who dare to do something that is outside of their comfort zone. Peace

CLINIQUA @ 02/07/2008 at 2:14 pm

Ugh…Clooney strikes out and so does Madge…that Gucci/Kabbalah/celebrity clusterf*ck sounds obscene and frankly insincere….and I for one am sickened at any ‘charity event’ that invites a sexist homophobic nasty old blowhard GOAT like Trump who has a penchant for beating up on Angelina Jolie…I’m glad the UN was uneasy, let Madonna and her celebrity shallow egomaniacs raise their millions on their own..she’s just associating herself with the UN for legitimacy…she sounded so ridiculous in that speech..she’s like 99.9 percent ambition and 0.001 percent heart..sure she gets sh*t done sometimes..but it always feel phony as hell.
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People can never smell the bull**** right under their noses. It would have just looked too despicable for her to snatch up a kid like her newest diamond ring, so she had to back track and try and do something for the poor boy’s country.

Let’s all attack Angelina and so on and none of the other bull******** celebs, but the one true humanitarian who was doing it all before it was “popular” and “cute”

African Girl @ 02/07/2008 at 2:47 pm
Quick Question
Where do pregnant Iraqi women go to?
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Oh dont you know, AG? Pregnant Iraqi women arent white so their babies wont be white and so dont matter.

Remember, only the white Jolie-Pitts matter, so pregnant Angie means another white Jolie-Pitt is on the way, who must be cared for differently from the nonwhite Jolie-Pitts. And so, Angie is a b*tch for putting her white unborn baby in harm’s way by going to Iraq.

Got it?

She looks tired–I hope she doesn’t wear herself out. She’s so passionate and knowledgeable about this subject.

We love you, Angie!

CMAR

…since I’m not a native speaker, I’m not sure if you are being ironic with the white baby-important / non-white baby -who cares explanation in your post.
I see that most of the people critizicing the trip are of course people who don’t like AJ, and use every excuse for bashing, even in things that have a good objective, such as a humanitarian mission, where the point is to help the people who are in conflict zones.
I think that AJ is doing the right thing, if she is pregnant or not she made her choice to go and visit anyway. I’m sure that she knows and has witnessed how difficult are the lives of people in those war conditions , after natural disasters and such, nad therefore she feels that traveling while pregnant (if she is) is just something personal , that does not impede the mission. As AG points out, there are regnant women there too, is not freakin’ Mars or anything

OMG, is she safe there? I hope so.
GOD BLESS THE JOLIE PITTS

:O thank JJ