Salaam Alaikum!
The sad part about the Abu Gharib prison hub-jub is that there's nothing novel about it.
The horrifying pictures that we witnessed were like anything else in "Third World" (if you like to employ the term) countries. Both Arab governments "AND" present and previous American presidential administrations willfully stuck their heads in the sands of the Araby while vile and nefarious regimes did their thing.
In the meanwhile, both Arab govts and the current administration (including Jaques Chirac in France) in the White House need to re-examine how they handle despot regimes instead of playing kissy-kiss or pussy-foot.
--Ibn