[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。5 h# ?3 i7 T1 B' i) ?/ _

+ C4 Z7 y' N6 W0 I" frs238848.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.
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8 |' w" K& u! ^0 F6 urs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。
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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。6 F- X) A( \( R2 _

5 E9 C# b: c/ @U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official/ N& P. `# J; H7 K
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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.人在德国 社区) Z& R4 I+ v/ l5 Q* R9 G# @

( s/ B/ P* x# _6 s' TGunmen 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.+ x, W4 d2 K3 r. z/ n

& Q; {. W2 B5 ~1 u人在德国 社区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.1 s8 Z6 j0 b! X1 ^* u5 P* I
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.4 c  Q8 x) b4 {3 N5 E7 i

  j) I5 I& L" M! {8 @; e& oThe 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.! ?1 t' d' D. W% z% s

+ N/ l8 S, N5 f- d* g- O4 irs238848.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.