Update: Angelina Jolie's Visit to Tunisia Incites Near-Riot
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Angelina Jolie unwittingly caused some havoc in Tunisia near Libya’s border on Tuesday.
During a humanitarian visit to the region, the star, 35, riled up a crowd of refugees, according to a report at X17online.
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A photographer tells the site: "The people were beyond excited to see her. There were thousands of refugees screaming her name and chanting. The crowd was closing in on her and her security detail; it was intense." See more photos of Angelina in Tunisia.
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For safety reasons, Jolie was forced to cancel half of her visit, which included plans to visit a Moroccan hospital.
Before that commotion, the actress, mom and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador spoke with refugees who had recently fled the fighting in Libya. Tunisia has received more than half of the outflow from the war-torn African country.
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Despite the upset, Jolie didn't lose sight of her mission. "The international community has done well to reinforce Tunisia's remarkable relief effort," she said in a statement excerpted by the U.N.'s official website. "But with 2,000 people still crossing each day, we cannot let the funding dry up and we need to sustain the momentum."
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation, established by Jolie and longtime love Brad Pitt in 2006, covered the costs for a flight of 177 people to return to their countries of origin-- and purchased an ambulance to help support Tunisian efforts on the border to assist the injured arriving from Libya.
As Jolie jetted out of LAX on Sunday for her humanitarian work, Pitt, 47, took the couple's four oldest children to an extra-early Easter egg hunt in Los Angeles.
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8Lousy ambassador..1-2 very short visits a year. She is an insult to America.
Luna, they don't know as Angelina the superstar, they know her as Angelina the human. Trust me because I have cousins in Haiti who have NEVER seen her movies but they know who she is. Stop being so jealous.
these people got excited to see her? don't believe ONE WORD OF IT. How would they EVEN KNOW WHO SHE IS??? Alot of them have been in refuge camps for most of their lives, are you going to tell me there are movie theaters tucked away near the back of these camps? Oh yeah, right next to the outhouses and the stagnate pool of water used for their water supply.
wow, some people here are really drinking the koolaid. angie showing up to these camps does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for these people. the only one who benefits from these so-called humanitarian trips is angie and her already tarnished public image.
so i was reading a story about Angelina and her visit to Tunisia on Popsugar and she has another coordinates tattoo like she does of all the birthplaces of her children. it looks like another baby for angelina and brad!
Thats very nice! Angelina, good luck in your mission in helping the refugees.
Angels do exist and she's Prove!
SUCH a humanitarian!