Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib is a city in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq with a population of 189,000 as of 2003, located just west of Baghdad's city center. The city was created by the Iraqi government in 1944 and has been known for the Abu Ghraib Infant Formula Plant, which was mistakenly believed by Western intelligence agencies to be a biological weapons production facility. The plant was bombed during the Gulf War and later rebuilt by the Iraqi government, with the CIA concluding that there was no evidence of weapons production. Abu Ghraib is also the site of Abu Ghraib prison, which was used to detain and torture political dissidents under Saddam Hussein and later became notorious for the torture and abuses by US Army members in 2003.learn more on wikipedia