Thi-Qar police announces al-Sadr 2010 man of peace

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: The Thi-Qar police announced on Friday that Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the 2010 man of peace for his role in supporting security authorities in performing their duties, according to the police spokesperson. “General Sabah al-Fatlawi, police chief, handed over the peace shield to the al-Sadr office, demanding the officials there to sent it to Muqtada al-Sadr, thanking his supportive stances to security authorities,” Colonel Murtada al-Shahtour told IraqiNews.com news agency. Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 8