Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib (Arabic أبو غريب Abu Ghraib, DMG Abū Ġurayb, locally Abu Ghraib Abu Ghrēb; sometimes spelled Abu Ghraib Abu Gharaib or ) is an Iraqi city that borders west of Baghdad and belongs to the province of Baghdad. The population is between 750.000 and 1,5 million.

The city is located north-northwest of the international airport of Baghdad at the height of the old city center on the old road to Jordan.

The notorious Abu Ghraib prison has made ​​the city known in the time of Saddam Hussein. In 2004, the torture scandal attracted international attention in the now conducted by the U.S. Army prison.