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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, a platoon leader with the 4th Infantry Division, jokes about losing an arm-wrestling match with an Iraqi he met while conducting operations in Jalatah, Iraq, while Musher Ali Shakur, chairman of the Fahama regional council, listens, Jan. 27, 2008.

JOKING AROUND

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, a platoon leader with the 4th Infantry Division, jokes about losing an arm-wrestling match with an Iraqi he met while conducting operations in Jalatah, Iraq, while Musher Ali Shakur, chairman of the Fahama regional council, listens, Jan. 27, 2008.

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