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A 133rd secret: He speaks Arabic

Apr-30-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

A Styker Captain gets a mention in this Bill Nemitz article.

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By Bill Nemitz

MOSUL ‹ He could be an Army hotshot. He could be traveling all over the Operation Iraqi Freedom theater, piling one adventure after another onto his ability to speak fluent Arabic.

But Sgt. Kameel Farag of Damariscotta is first and foremost a Mainer.

And if it's all the same to the military brass who salivate at the sound of him carrying on casual conversations with local Iraqis, he'll be staying put with the Maine Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, thank you very much.

"I joined this unit. I deployed with this unit. I'm staying with this unit," Farag said this week. "As glamorous as it might be to go home and say, 'Yeah, I've been kicking doors down and asking questions!' that's not really why I'm here."


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