Our government ignores them, but Angelina Jolie does not, visits Iraqi Refugees

[ck4829]

Angelina Jolie visited Iraq on Tuesday to meet with refugees and U.S. troops in the country.

Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, made the visit during a two-day trip to the region, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

The statement said the 32-year-old actress met with displaced Iraqis in neighboring Syria on Monday before crossing into Iraq for a few hours Tuesday "to see firsthand the plight of hundreds of thousands of families uprooted by the ongoing conflict."

"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," the Geneva-based agency quoted Jolie as saying.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_en_ce/people_jolie_iraq

[Lindsey]

1. Keep it up, Angelina.....You're doing good work as far as I can see..n/t

[Booster]

2. Angelina has more balls in her purse than Bush has between his

legs. She has done far more in the world than Bush will ever even dream of - not tht he would even think of trying to help someone. Angelina went through some bad times in her life, but she's come through them as is now quite a woman. More power to her.

[applegrove]

3. She has been an excellent UN Refugee Ambassador. One of the best

so far.

[redqueen]

4. i love that she does these things

sadly i know many non-political but mostly liberal-minded people who seem to jump on the 'i hate her and she's only doing it for cameras' bandwagon

[porphyrian]

5. Good for her. - n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. AND she's much nicer to look at than Bush!

Yeah, I'm shallow. Sue me. :silly: