Brad Pitt's Wife Angelina Jolie Has A Strong Message For The ISIS Extremists! Wants International Response To 'Step Up And Do More'

Brad Pitt's wife Angelina Jolie went to visit Iraq last Jan. 25 as part of her UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador duties.

The famous director-actress was photographed talking to the victims of the ISIS extremists who were force to vacate their homes and transfer to refugee camps to avoid getting killed from the ongoing war.

Brad Pitt's wife visited Khanke Camp for Internally Displaced People, not minding the scourging heat of the sun, the 39-year-old mother of six tried to comfort the homeless people in the shelter as she provided encouraging words to them.

Angelina Jolie also delivered a speech, where she directly condemned the ISIS extremists, for their inhumane actions, which claims the life of thousands of people in Iraq and Syria.

While, Brad Pitt's wife condemns the terrorist group, she also criticized the international leaders for its "slow response."

"Since I was last here in Iraq, another two million people have been forced from their homes. Mostly in the last six months - this time Iraqi citizens," UNHR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie said in her statement (via Western Journalism).

"Too many innocent people are paying the price of the conflict in Syria and spread of extremism. The international community has to step up and do more.

It is not enough to defend our values at home. We have to defend them here, in the camps and in the informal settlements across the Middle East, and in the ruined towns of Iraq and Syria. We are being tested here, as an international community, and so far - for all the immense efforts and good intentions - we are failing."

In her speech, Angelina Jolie also talked about the children of the war.

"Children whose parents were murdered and are now here unaccompanied - a 19 year old working and being the sole provider for his seven siblings.

I have met mothers whose children have been kidnapped by ISIL. As a parent, I couldn't imagine a greater horror. They are overwhelmed by thoughts of what is happening to their children.

The spill-over from the Syria conflict has been devastating. The brutality of the conflict and speed and scale of the displacement has shocked the world. Help has come, but not nearly enough."

Furthermore, she reiterated that the world leaders should do something to stop the ISIS extremists.

"But the plain fact is we cannot insulate ourselves against this crisis. The spread of extremism, the surge in foreign fighters, the threat of new terrorism - only an end to the war in Syria will begin to turn the tide on these problems. Without that, we are just tinkering at the edges.

At stake are not only the lives of millions of people and the future of the Middle East, but also the credibility of the international system. What does it say about our commitment to human rights and accountability that we seem to tolerate crimes against humanity happening in Syria and Iraq on a daily basis?"

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