[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

日月光

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。
: h* n3 @  A9 T6 I& H1 h- r) srs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: c" f% c5 S3 ^! E- Q! w
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.
* `- x+ a8 e: @; ~9 T) @( a: i
  f: n, ?$ K' @# V1 K+ i4 {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。
6 G; ]2 D1 ]6 U* y0 u: ~* k6 Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
5 m5 l- m, x% R! G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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ ^" o4 {' b3 U4 z4 _: q8 x! a

/ x' k/ g) q$ v4 v+ h2 w: P, frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official: p1 U% o! g* \1 x8 |7 {

7 s0 w& B8 A3 n2 O) C, ]: D* z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.* y8 p! {* ^, d( a$ `# H

: L, z' w( L! M8 o( {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.8 j7 j) S; f1 Q7 Z+ A

9 k$ t6 a/ o) n7 L) Z, l+ b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.
4 R6 w, ]5 ^$ V' Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 f6 d0 e6 H7 o6 k  E- G: ]
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.人在德国 社区- C; A5 R2 i0 Z

. I7 @: W1 r! w2 Qrs238848.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./ \" T- K0 s& p" E+ K7 H+ F' v+ L, R( V

  g( ]6 }, s+ ?! prs238848.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.