Abu Ghraib 631571 226106796 2008-07-16T21:13:46Z Polaron 511164 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 226084766 by [[Special:Contributions/Hisham600|Hisham600]] ([[User talk:Hisham600|talk]]) {{dablink|See [[Abu Ghraib prison]] and [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]].}} <!-- Infobox begins --> <!-- Infobox begins --> {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = {{Pagename}} |other_name = Abu Ghraib city |native_name = {{ArB|مدينة أبو غريب}} <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Town<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = Samarra_map.png |mapsize = |map_caption = Map showing Abu Ghraib near [[Baghdad]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Iraq<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = Abu Ghraib location inside Iraq |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iraq |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = [[Baghdad Governorate]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2003 |population_footnotes= |population_note = |population_total = 189000 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi= |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=33 |latm=19 |lats=50 |latNS=N |longd=44 |longm=2 |longs=41 |longEW=E |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} <!-- This is an eyeball estimate. Feel free to improve. --> The city of '''Abu Ghraib''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: أبو غريب;'''Abū Ghurayb''' <!--, literally "father of the raven"-->) in the [[Baghdad Governorate]] of [[Iraq]] is located just west of [[Baghdad]]'s city center, or northwest of [[Baghdad International Airport]]. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to [[Jordan]] passes through Abu Ghraib. The government of Iraq created the city and [[Abu-Ghraib (district)|Abu-Ghraib district]] in [[1944]]. The placename has been translated as "[[Abu (Arabic term)|father]] of little [[crow]]s" (in the sense of "place abundant in small crows"), but this translation has been suspected of being an "[[eggcorn]]", and the name may be related to [[gharb]] "west" instead [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001899.html] (see also [[etymology of the word Arab]]). Abu Ghraib was known for the Abu Ghraib Infant Formula Plant, which Western intelligence agencies perennially claimed to be a [[biological weapon]]s production facility. The plant was built in 1980 and painted with a dappled camouflage pattern during the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. It was bombed during the [[Gulf War]], and the Iraqi government allowed CNN reporter [[Peter Arnett]] to [[Peter Arnett#Baby milk factory controversy|film the destroyed building]] along with a conspicuous hand-painted sign that read, "baby milk factory". Iraq partially rebuilt the facility afterward, and US Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] cited it again as a weapons production plant in the run-up to the [[Iraq War]]. An examination of suspected weapons facilities by the [[Iraq Survey Group]] later determined that the plant, in disuse for some time, housed discarded infant formula, but found no evidence of weapons production. The city is also the site of [[Abu Ghraib prison]], which was one of the sites where political dissidents were incarcerated under former ruler [[Saddam Hussein]]. Many of these dissidents were [[capital punishment|executed]]. After Saddam Hussein's fall, the Abu Ghraib prison was used by American forces in Iraq. In [[2003]], Abu Ghraib prison earned international notoriety for allegations of [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|torture and abuses]] by members of the [[United States Army Reserve]] during the [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2006|post-invasion period]]. ==Trivia== * Abu Ghurayb is the site of a killing of U.S. Marines by the protagonist of [[Christopher Reich]]'s 2002 novel ''The First Billion. ==External links== * [http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=3873012 NPR story on ''Abu-Ghraib'' pronunciation] * {{coord|33|18|N|44|2|E|type:city_region:IQ_scale:25000|display=title,inline}}|<ref>{{cite web |url= http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.300117&lon=44.137573&z=11&l=10&m=a&v=2 |title= Wikimapia: Abu Ghraib located }}</ref>) Geo Links for Abu Ghraib ==References== <references /> {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities along the Silk Road]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Iraq]] [[ar:أبو غريب (مدينة)]] [[cy:Abu Ghraib]] [[da:Abu Ghraib]] [[de:Abu Ghuraib]] [[et:Abū Ghurayb]] [[es:Abu Ghraib]] [[fr:Abou Ghraib]] [[gl:Abu Ghraib - أبو غريب]] [[it:Abu Ghraib]] [[he:אבו גרייב]] [[la:Abu Ghraib]] [[nl:Abu Ghraib]] [[ru:Абу-Грейб]] [[ur:ابو غریب]]