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Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. John Blocher, U.S. Air Force, attached to 2-69 to arrange close air support, reloads his Iraqi AK-47 rifle during an Army offensive in northern Baghdad, Monday, April 7, 2003. Blocher used the captured weapon during the battle to try it out and to save ammo for his U.S.-issued weapon. Fires burn in the background from destroyed Iraqi military equipment. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, David Leeson) ** FORT WORTH OUT NO MAGS NO TV INTERNET OUT AP MEMBERS ONLY **