Al Hartha

Al Hartha is a city located in the north-eastern part of Basrah Governorate on the east bank of the river Euphrates, bounded on the north to Qurna and the south province of Basra, linking Hartha, the main road, with Baghdad and the city center, Basra.[1] Basra International Airport and the University of Basrah Campus are located in the southern part of Al Hartha.

Al-Hartha Thermal Power Plant

The Al-Hartha Thermal Power Station resides here. It is, in southern Iraq, the "largest electrical generator".[2] During the first night of the Persian Gulf War, US missiles impacted the station, causing it to shut down. This cut off power to over 1.5 million people. The continued raids on power stations and frequent attacks on the Al-Hartha station would leave much of Iraq without power for a period of months.[3]

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gollark: An evil one can just not do that.
gollark: There's that DNS CAA thing which I might set up on osmarks.net; this is somewhat more secure, since in theory only CAs I specify are allowed to issue certificates for it. However, clients (i.e. browsers) are forbidden from verifying it by the relevant standards for some reason, and CAs are just *meant to* check.
gollark: Except you *can't*, because then half the web will break.
gollark: It's done by centralized authorities, and they can also just arbitrarily delegate out that cert-making power.

References
  1. "Ten Iraqi Policemen Killed in Car Bombing" - AP Online
  2. "Iraqis rebuild bombed bridge over Tigris" - Toronto Star
  3. "Power plant attack raises controversy on gulf war conduct" - Toronto Star

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