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。, }( w, ]' n% x, H4 {1 B% z
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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.7 x- W8 H3 F; {7 i1 T; b
( s( ?3 A# |+ H8 }. x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。 D. c; E+ r% i$ F # E: d3 M; V; L$ n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。, _3 l4 [) V y6 l- p' }0 H
+ Y( L* w6 S1 V6 H4 e. sU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official0 B \5 T1 y: @; A) q" E' j- _# d0 G
0 [* ]8 J- y) y: j* RBAGHDAD: 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. 2 x: p X) p: P% g2 I 9 \% Z/ n6 M: c2 Q. h! l& |$ [5 iGunmen 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. ! z$ }. g0 K& E7 e" F& _% o8 @
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.7 A& D3 s# f' V3 z$ @
) e7 \" F" H1 o) K1 HLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.; d# i1 H: J* H
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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.8 a: ?# p6 `' p6 a
; }' r' w9 k4 p, \7 R5 TWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
