[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

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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。1 a+ A; n0 G- t+ H2 p; I
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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 z0 q1 c; n9 g. n# 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。1 n0 x* U) ^% n+ j  r$ X

+ j$ o; X3 A1 N6 brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。! O+ @' C1 l2 j" ?% t, h( N7 g

  N& i0 u2 h0 JU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official" }0 c/ m6 W; i& X6 O9 Z$ e

' \9 v& a. K8 t- }+ qBAGHDAD: 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.  e5 B  z* i: C/ R) ?: 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.6 t) A; F" c; R% V/ q

8 N3 E! ]& Z: }, r  @+ @rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.1 b5 [7 T, m+ n2 ~3 Z

3 j! g: ~" N+ a3 O, t- g6 RLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.$ g1 }7 h$ O' [) U

" j* t0 h$ k; W, O1 B5 t/ MThe 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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; f8 t3 r+ h8 u, c! S# CWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.