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。) r; ?: y2 Z2 G ~
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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. 3 r5 i+ }6 f& ?" }3 _0 N3 y$ R& o! b' Q% s! r
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。 2 v' `. v1 w$ D8 j* ] + e6 b( V5 U4 |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。# N5 m& U3 k) d+ R. r) p: `
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 7 p. b o$ B" z% {( d( b% u5 v5 c2 y5 X! J9 {
BAGHDAD: 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.# _/ s& `; g. Q0 b
4 ?1 ?: h# v p! w5 }Gunmen 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.6 E4 O: F5 a; O& Q! S$ N
5 R) M7 K$ v. x3 jThe 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. 2 K! h6 W1 `: D4 O8 u% m, L- p2 M$ l9 z0 l/ N
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.2 {! M) D# B, @* l1 c3 p
: K5 ]/ U0 g: [7 s. h+ x- w3 D" R+ kThe 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.. A4 g* ^# a: E+ ~
2 f! ~1 g p2 ?% i# |With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
