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The Haditha Dam near the Syrian border supplies 30 percent of Iraq's electricity.

Notes on verification

Historical sources on the 2003 invasion state Haditha Dam supplied roughly one-third of Iraq's electricity grid at that time, close to the claimed 30%. However, the claim's present tense is misleading since current data shows hydroelectric power (including Haditha) now contributes only ~1% of Iraq's electricity, with the percentage figure only valid historically circa 2003. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=bronze indep_score=0.525 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on Post-invasion U.S. military/engineering assessments of Haditha Dam's contribution to Iraq's 2003 electrical grid (upstreams: U.S. Army accounts of the 2003 invasion (CENTCOM briefings, USACE Gulf Region Division reports)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=medium]

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