Angelina Jolie, actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, is opening up about her third trip to Iraq -- and she spends time with troops! "I was inspired and reminded of all the bravery of all of you young men and women, and I'm always just honored to spend time with everybody who spend time in the military," Angelina says of her time with the troops serving in Iraq. Jolie made the trip to offer support to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis that are displaced within their own country, according to the UN agency, which estimates that 1.6 million Iraqis have been internally displaced since February 2006. www.etonline.com _____________________________________ Angelina Jolie pays third visit to Iraq, appeals for aid for the displaced News Stories, 23 July 2009 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 23 (UNHCR) UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie returned to Iraq on Thursday to offer support to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who remain displaced within their own country. During her day-long visit to Baghdad, Jolie visited a makeshift settlement for internally displaced people in the Chikook suburb of north-west Baghdad where she met four families displaced from the district of Abu Ghraib, located to the west of Baghdad, and from the western suburbs of the capital. Despite the difficulties in Iraq, Jolie said this was a moment of opportunity for Iraqis to rebuild their lives. "This is a moment where things seem to be improving on the ground, but Iraqis need a lot of support and help ...
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