PM honors Iraqi bodybuilder Attiya

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki decided to honor athlete Sattar Attiya, who won the gold medal in the world bodybuilding tournament, with a sum of 10 million Iraqi dinars, the head of the Iraqi bodybuilding federation said on Friday. “Attiya won the gold medal in the world bodybuilding tournament that took place in Bahrain by the end of 2008,” Imad Jassim told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Maliki also decided to honor the Iraqi team that participated in the tournament,” he said. MH (P)/AmR 1