[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。% e  ^7 g& I+ E/ X

$ R1 H' A) Q7 j0 b) E8 c0 l' l4 F* X 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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. M# i7 |5 N9 N+ ]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。' c' ?8 w  d# |* H  R$ L& n$ Z
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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。
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army officialrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  ?8 `" s5 H7 v  K1 F( w0 e

6 ~+ g$ r2 y" M) m. `8 vBAGHDAD: 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.2 P7 x+ f: ?% D4 Q
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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.; d+ l2 L; Y# o$ G: y) |$ @

2 T1 n" L. U6 ~3 g3 @& TThe 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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7 [7 V4 M2 Q( y3 hLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.+ U! B+ u; ~3 t3 v; w9 {4 k" m

) F2 s8 P  p; n/ o; P" S2 ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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4 H- e/ d. n3 }  dWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.