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。 , f0 M6 }9 w, ]" f, s: D4 w1 W9 N/ X# H% h- X3 t
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. 4 I! v- L' J: l* I2 I% J; g8 l @9 T) [
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。 9 g/ u1 l4 M3 _, f* P! e3 w6 Y, G, y, f2 |3 i
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。 5 ?' h$ {* b% E$ Y( E Q/ F# M; g4 R6 J- }% A2 B
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official / e4 P* T; f" y3 n K' ], e2 l! R1 f& w6 Z) w6 b8 p
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, U E4 b5 Y% j # A0 r3 I8 V2 h# WGunmen 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. a0 l/ X! d6 B7 K9 A
* a" l4 s3 b4 s* G) W! F3 QThe 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., P9 A$ f, `% \" z
; [& K# o1 ]8 T% B" v0 @2 HLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.) @7 K% {+ q# _ y* _+ e8 X/ f
& l. p$ M0 V- r2 m3 M9 jThe 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. / \6 Z) r1 n9 X7 ^* n v% j# r # F. w' z" D! [0 q' uWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
