驻伊美军一架「黑鹰」直升机4月5日在巴格达南部被武装人员击落坠毁，目前还没有人员伤亡报告。 4 ] Z8 P! e$ |' q: V0 _7 S ' F# }) }0 ?; I% f w( q# A* Q9 m2 y 据中国日报网站消息，伊拉克军方一名匿名官员透露说，这架直升机是当地时间5日早晨7时30分左右在巴格达以南约30公里的拉蒂菲耶遭到袭击，武装人员很明显使用了防空重型机枪。目前还没有伤亡报告，美军已经将现场封锁.6 E, ?+ g( y; K( a
+ _7 Y: Z C' L6 V( }据悉，拉蒂菲耶位于有「死亡三角区」之称的巴格达南部村镇地带，是逊尼派武装人员的一个据点。 ! f; g& }3 o6 V/ L6 ]& e; E. U+ I' D. X( r2 m: ~! ^
美军直升机最近一次在巴格达失事发生于上个月1日，一架OH-58D「奇欧瓦」(KIOWA)侦察直升机在伊拉克北部「硬着陆」，两名飞行员受伤。此前一个星期，美军另一架「黑鹰」直升机在巴格达北部坠毁。) D5 I- a; V0 {* I
8 s1 s! ~0 r7 C* PU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official ! k' Y9 A3 {3 l 2 e5 }% `+ X* _8 y w) z! _6 hBAGHDAD: A U.S. helicopter went down after coming under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant stronghold south of Baghdad but there was no immediate word on casualties, an Iraqi army official said. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report. 6 I6 X D: d6 m% u8 N 0 g0 I0 w( U9 E/ cGunmen opened fire on a Black Hawk helicopter at about 7:30 a.m. as it flew over Latifiyah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. 2 G; F1 g. c2 f' U * T* @3 v4 L7 @# UThe helicopter went down in a rural area and U.S. forces had cordoned off the site, the official said. He had no information on casualties but said the militants apparently were using anti-aircraft heavy machine gun.: K' y" q4 M7 J U$ u
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. + C3 ?4 A2 a: S! B* d* w4 U+ A e# L' y0 l* K& w0 ^The last helicopter incident in Iraq occurred on March 1, when an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq leaving the two crew members wounded. A week earlier, ground fire forced the downing of a Black Hawk north of Baghdad. $ H8 D5 t. ^. k. G* X 0 }% ?( l* z7 Z. |; M6 @With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
