$ G; N. q$ { E2 `- X3 P 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. ( ~) a% b+ u m% p , d0 }" b1 [9 T" s/ ^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。 & A1 a# k. ^8 t0 L4 q2 y5 Q6 J& \6 w7 O3 k6 U8 v
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。* b$ f k8 w3 T* f4 w, i
2 k1 c0 W; q: `1 B* cU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official5 X% G7 m" O0 ?! E& J Z
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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. ( }# W M& C; ?, [$ G; `: z L 7 F2 [% X% ]* u( m! RGunmen 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. : s7 I. ?8 U' g1 w6 } : ], _9 q4 D6 t# S7 \' dThe 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. }" w1 Q% L! T0 L6 N2 @* }* q+ I$ V9 j+ V
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. . Y7 R; \1 A7 d ( e; { B& G9 bThe 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./ v8 [/ ]% G3 M& O) _
7 @4 x' i% y) PWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
