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。% l; [$ f0 }- X+ K* i5 @& @ W
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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. . U7 J) D* R& I 7 N; L, d0 p3 W0 H1 _3 Q5 {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。0 ?. P# p" }- @; `: c+ U
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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。+ ~, C$ o3 L- t+ M
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official+ e4 w6 C) r7 L2 ]+ e1 A1 h
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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.& ?" {- w( R: p
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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. 5 H7 R) z8 @+ a+ m- E2 ^# q& ?. H$ }/ n: M: h- ]
The 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 k1 u2 |) D6 ~6 h4 K$ m: V* y' q+ V$ Y/ k+ p 5 i& Q4 x8 T. Z8 s1 q }& H4 Y7 tLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.. c M; S$ U. Q8 C
9 N- K+ U" C6 T: `1 ^6 \5 _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.% J1 p0 _; b! F+ ~
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With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
