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。& O) G1 k3 I1 H& }% R( K
/ Y7 Z7 ~, X5 N; L9 G( 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.* v1 [' \3 V4 Y' z' Q. B* H* U
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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。 ! s, x. R; `2 m5 W0 e, g' V% l- ~# v, {6 H7 D4 i; p) Y
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。 ; R1 _7 @1 q1 t( b) @3 k' |( U1 ]5 f3 I. `+ F: \* O
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official& E- T+ ?$ q @/ M) i* g. ?
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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.: Q9 h+ O. G+ ~0 e( \
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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. ( P1 q, Y" O' j% j4 g2 f3 P: K6 R- \; }, z( c
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. ) u5 @0 G( v" e5 [# D+ h' d# _, h: i* ? Y) V! ?7 Y7 h# u
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. + M0 D+ j6 f1 W+ k6 ^+ {5 B - o8 L, t! S4 R1 `! d: a2 N' IThe 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. - _$ F! O& K+ k4 x* f/ J* W: p9 _0 d9 X
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
