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。 2 i, a% r, k, {# z 2 N2 C( n0 T p2 o) z! T- A4 v- h 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.& k* G0 E k4 I$ ^ V0 j5 x8 y- E; p
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% v- s( w+ a! Q8 K. [9 s" F9 A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。 . I9 v$ H" S8 Y0 R : I- a5 m# `9 ]% K* oU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official2 C: ~+ [. X6 b" }
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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. 9 y) Q3 k4 f; X% A& J' d2 h+ F$ I & }/ ]. H0 k& e ]& w6 e# y% }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. , ]: d3 D5 V* B @; ` m, F" J6 j9 a" 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. . w' G6 y( ?0 h : @% ]5 I1 _: B" ]- t8 Z, ZLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. ) d. g5 X$ j1 m! C 6 b* x( V' ?3 q! B, TThe 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. 1 N9 p; T' A5 q0 ` 1 q, M3 m/ {0 jWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
