Posted on 07/23/2009 10:53:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Hollywood megastar and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie on Thursday visited a refugee camp in Baghdad for Iraqis displaced by the war, the UN refugee agency said.
Jolie toured the Chikouk camp in northern Baghdad's Kadhimiyah neighbourhood as part of a one-day visit to Iraq, UNHCR spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told AFP.
Jolie called for more aid for Iraq's internally-displaced people and said she hoped that the Iraqi government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will provide the refugees with new accommodation.
"This is a moment where things seem to be improving on the ground, but Iraqis need a lot of support and help to rebuild their lives," Jolie said during the visit.
"The picture in this camp is a rough one but there are also some people that were able to return home to other safer areas.
"There are some changes. There are returns of displaced people, not a big number but there is progress."
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What...you mean InTouch was wrong...she’s not in France pinning away for Pitt.
She’s actually trying to help children.
BTW, why is it so many predominately Muslim countries have this problem?
You know, she could go around letting the paparazzi take pictures of her vag but instead she visits troops, refugees— she’s alright. Oh ya and I wish I was her shirt.
Wonder if she is as conservative as her dad.
They have more in common than she realizes.
I’m sure she has enough money to do that herself.
My guess is that is she’s Libertarian at heart, with liberal leanings.
I was just thinking the same thing. They could do great things together.
She was also a pretty good actress in the movie “The Changeling”. Of course clint Eastwood was the director.
UN ambassador??? That is about left as you can go,The USA is always the bad guy.
At least Angelina knows what the heck is going on and puts here actions where her mouth is.
Through all her earlier, outward weirdness, Angelina really does have a good heart and seems to be a decent, kind person. So many of her peers in Hollywood just spout off about how they “care,” but she lets her actions do the talking.
I, too, hope she can reconcile with her dad.
“She’s a closet Conservative. Mark my word on it.”
Shhhhhhhhhhhh, don’t let it out!
I wonder if she would be able to adopt an Iraqi child. Anybody know?
That’s what I also think. She’s had her liberal fling and is now ready for the conservatives.
That's my guess too, along with the fact that Hollywood is so full of moral-muck that it's probably refreshing to have a Conservative compass to pilot by. Plus gorls with daddy issues really look up to their fathers and her pop, Jon Voight, is very conservative.
I'm not buying it. I think she's still a goofy attention whore. I doubt she is a bad person, just a typical hollywood flake.
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