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。 & H c% d4 w) M/ K0 c6 f# S3 ~& @; X
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. $ h1 t- D0 K6 y7 T$ Q( ?9 m4 ~% L9 A# U5 a6 }
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。! H. l: q* O2 B3 G; Y8 L
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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。 6 x( Y0 i: W9 @& [ 3 Q( o, C1 U) aU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 0 h! J' H. F+ F# y/ D 0 U0 D- y6 ]! k# [& MBAGHDAD: 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. 3 W. R% a; c) X! F. m7 u& {; r3 I( P& [7 X* B% h" B: K. \
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.3 I$ m/ r. _' |% O
( u! S: U$ c; W0 H: iThe 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. ! j; N Z5 W4 p: Q7 d8 p3 B( y/ f $ O& G$ ?, x$ E- L$ KLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.) H$ e+ \; _- d) |" w9 m
5 t% l' V/ g( k0 EThe 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. / {4 J% u' e, F( P, d" A 6 p# H) Q3 @$ d: vWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
