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Apparently "Abu Ghraib" means "The Father of Strangers".
I can't remember the word I'm looking for to described the reaction I had to discovering that - sort of "bittersweet" and the same to thoughts as "piquant" is to flavours.
Last time I got the same visceral reaction was when I discoevered that the French nickname for backyard abortionists was "angel makers".
