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。$ U! c" y2 U) `( s$ n
2 i0 y7 i$ | A2 \& H( h 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. % T& L: ?% O4 T; x! U" m2 V ! \, \5 j8 o* I% |3 Z4 D8 z+ J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。 * S9 Z$ r/ M. ^3 t& a 0 n6 N i9 [) I" f' O' P. c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。 , z1 d x: ~5 G. f! M8 d0 n5 } . `, k9 W k A& i! k+ e5 mU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official % [3 N# Q2 m7 @" R, G" | & |4 |+ a1 S' N1 b; YBAGHDAD: 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. * D; {0 u$ _, F' u 9 n3 e! [+ q7 F3 Z- n) T: sGunmen 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., H! b$ c+ K+ R% e, N8 R; c8 ~
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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.; i$ R- o- L+ D* k
% L% g- u. R* n: Z6 `9 KLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. , w0 M0 b, @9 X5 ~0 o. A/ w5 U5 C3 T# V
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. 0 h+ n9 i% B; r1 d2 [6 q+ `: v+ Y( E" u
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
