Angelina Jolie in Iraq

Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Thursday (February 7) met officials from the United Nations, the U.S. embassy and the U.S. military in central Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
This is the actress's second visit to the war-torn country. The Hollywood star 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 neighbouring 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.
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.
A U.N. envoy to Baghdad, Staffan de Mistura, said he was impressed at
how well-informed Jolie was about the plight of refugees in and out of Iraq,
asking what could be done to ensure refugees were better treated.
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.
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.

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[Armana14]

well no doubt America has destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan whether anyone believes it or and now doing to it best to do the same in Pakistan and libya.One must ask the question if one is sensible enought why only the Muslim countries?Why has America always had a problem with the Muslim countries?

[teta809]

Must be cool to sit next to jolie

[NnNn2012]

sadam's days were better than now..

us just destroyed it and killed many innocent ppl

[Mashallah18]

I THINk saddam was good for Iraq, now Iraq is a Kaos..

[franz909]

Either you condemn the OCCUPATION of Iraq or you go on photo ops supporting occupation forces .

Now I'm convinced her membership in the Council on Foreign Relations isn't bcs of Naivety , its bcs she's a FULL participant in their PROPAGANDA , supporting U.S. occupations in the middle EAST .

[aamadwj]

USA ,,that`s enough ,,u helped us to kill Sadam ,,nw it is time to leave us ,,we dont want see USA army in Iraq

[Anderasio]

@Crackshotsteph

I'm sure Blackwater raped her a few times before they arrived.

Or at the very least worshiped Satan multiple times while burning babies.

[Crackshotsteph]

I only want to know one thing who escorted her to the Green Zone? Can anyone say BLACKWATER USA