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Smartly-dressed Jolie provides memories for solidiers in Iraq

 

Baghdad, Iraq -- To the delight of nearly 130,000 U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, home-wrecking actress Angelina Jolie is visiting troops this week to boost what she sees as lagging efforts to deal with the problems of 2 million "very, very  cute, yet vulnerable" internally displaced people in the war-torn country.

 

Jolie, who’s high school equivalency degree from the City of Newark certainly qualifies her for her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, has been working to focus attention on problem of refugees in Iraq.

 

"There doesn't seem to be a real coherent plan to help them," said Jolie, as she used crayons to draw strategy plans on the side of a faded 1981 Datsun 720. “See, there's lots of goodwill. Lots of discussion, and a lot of pieces that need to be put together. I'm trying to figure out what they are. I love puzzles. Such neat shapes!"

 

Wearing a hot pink two-piece bikini and wrapped in a black velour pashmina shawl that she purchased at Barney’s in London, while Jolie said she is focused on finding WMDs and wants to find ways to be more active inside war-torn Iraq, soldiers were simply happy for the memories.

 

“I’m really excited to see her,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Vance from Cuba, Ala. “It gets lonely here. Most of the women we come across are draped in these funny black sheets and we can’t see any goodies. Now Angie comes in wearing that hot number – that’s some good memories for me to use for at least 10 to 12 weeks.”

 

Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence in the country has sparked a displacement crisis that is considered the most significant in the Middle East since the 1948 creation of Israel.  More than 4.2 million Iraqis have fled their homes, around 2 million to neighboring states, mostly Syria and Jordan, and another 2.2 million displaced inside Iraq.

 

While carrying seven children of varying races simply to enhance her sense of self importance, Jolie was clear she understands the challenges, "Iraq is a country. A country populated by many Iraqis. And how those Iraqis settle in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East, where Iraq is located. Right in the Middle East."

 

Jolie has been working to help draw attention to the problem by putting on car washes at local Exxon-Mobil gas stations, and has called for governments to bolster their support of native dance. In August, Jolie first visited Iraq and Syria to get a sense of the local palette so that she could bring home native recipes for husband Brad Pitt, but has since read stories in the New York Post about refugees about their plight.

 

Published Feb 08 2008, 03:15 PM by afroman
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The name “Abe Froman” is most commonly recognized as the ubiquitous and unseen character who’s identity is briefly assumed by actor Matthew Broderick in the film “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off.” However, Abraham Froman is much more. Dr. Froman, a Capricorn, began his career with AMI as an intern, and after receiving his certification in nuclear mustacheology in 2006, transitioned his role into the organization’s Director of Logistical Intelligence, focusing on research, government relations, intelligence gathering, grass roots advocacy, and song writing. On October 25, 2008, he will ascend to the role of Chief Executive Officer. “I am honored to assume the chair held by Drs. Snor and Perlut previously,” Froman said. “The Mustached American people need leadership, and I pledge that AMI, under my stewardship, will continue to provide it at a time when it is so desperately needed.” Dr. Froman has said that his future goals for AMI are to create satellite campus’s overseas and to develop an annual event, to be known as "The Million Mustache March," each year in St. Louis, concluding under the world’s largest mustache – St. Louis’ Gateway Arch. Froman formerly lived in the Chicago area where he ran a museum dedicated to the "Karate Kid" series of films starring the indefatigable Pat Morita. As Abe likes to say, "One can never tire of Pat Morita." Dr. Froman is also a periodic contributor to joesportsfan.com.
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