Abu Ghraib
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{{dablink|See [[Abu Ghraib prison]] and [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]].}}
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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
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}}</ref>) Geo Links for Abu Ghraib
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[[Category:Cities along the Silk Road]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Iraq]]
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