State Department cable concerning the reaction by Turkish officials and the Turkish press and NGOs to the allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Turkish officials were not publically critical, but the press was running articles and opinion columns expressing "disgust" and the "immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Iraq of occupation forces." the other Arab press described the reports as further splitting the Arab countries with the West and aggravating an "open wound" with the issue of the occupation of Iraq.