[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

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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。
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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.
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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。
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3 a! R# x" o" X* T5 }# d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。' F# E. D) A$ U, E0 {; B8 l

9 s; L$ u9 p  cU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official2 Y" v3 h) ~3 K5 L7 y2 L. [# G
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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.+ C; s. R' \3 y9 d% _

$ b- s8 S: W4 w" _人在德国 社区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.5.35.249.649 i! }" P8 o* a8 b) r. e/ a
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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.
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$ m7 s9 R4 @- Z6 jLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.0 y+ R; w  E1 n3 F
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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.! [  z7 [6 J0 w( F/ G! p

- h1 ^1 X7 X. Y9 @& U3 p! _+ P5.35.249.64With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.