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。 p6 Q7 l1 v) j" L- e0 u @$ W7 ]8 o) d
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. 8 R& W0 D) E$ G7 U2 e + Q; z& y7 ^) F% P$ ]8 ~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。 ' y$ e/ W" J( u; u' {$ _: z; L' c2 ]& n6 Z5 r' v' s* o
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。 % k2 }% b0 e% r0 ] 6 q5 P* Q+ T9 A! i! sU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official+ x. K- a" w1 y# C8 V& T
9 l8 X5 f" o8 p/ O' pBAGHDAD: 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. , ~8 E9 @2 P3 n$ h6 {7 a8 l: n8 z* y# t
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. / T5 R* n9 o6 b2 I$ n. k6 v. ` n$ d* A4 y$ R- P3 Z& s
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. 2 M0 B4 i. y1 Y. V5 j( ] 8 D/ }0 q9 U0 @/ `+ U1 ULatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.; F1 S4 n( L% B
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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. ( C! n' N o6 W6 ?, ? / @% X( z8 S; [With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
