[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  d5 I$ t8 u- i/ |, F

9 f6 h: W, T$ j  G/ O人在德国 社区 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.
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8 D. p* @/ f8 U$ u9 v人在德国 社区据悉,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。9 @: f: {! i) U

6 X! h0 n( T9 ]6 v% x0 L% j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。
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5 t! s. _+ {1 J8 ]& I5 n, P. V( AU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official8 J- M" H1 S" I6 k: _) Z2 v

, C3 P4 e  D$ W( K+ o人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区# a( v  \9 w& k
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ _% v9 G# N( T. p

  ?8 c( @7 q4 ^, LThe 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.
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) @! Q. G2 e! T; @$ D4 C* n3 dLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.
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7 ^3 j# t' @) B# B4 yThe 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.
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3 V; r# E: l; N7 l' Y) Qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.