[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。0 j4 K5 }# r! q8 S# n) P& N

/ c% L( V8 L3 K6 g5 h) r) Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.de 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.7 o" y& z5 X( E0 w; F' z8 R

0 h# }5 X9 ?* u+ C  S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。. a% j1 N* {7 a: ^, {, P0 {

( ~% I' x) @: z8 ~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。/ q# L4 [/ N. {

* [6 R+ A5 r- |U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official人在德国 社区/ }! b5 s) V$ `% i

0 K; ^5 ]8 Q# r* Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deBAGHDAD: 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.. s& }: N" [  ^$ X6 w) f8 q  n
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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.# J4 |7 l7 k! g0 Y+ Q) b6 J8 g
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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.
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.
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1 ~0 ]7 e) O. v% m& uThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* {. F9 a; s$ d0 N4 e' f

$ y$ `3 g8 h- I, z7 f+ |With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.