[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。人在德国 社区) C, U1 {7 Z7 z

3 m( G7 g9 T/ Y: z" O$ a 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.) y9 ~& G3 b! [% F, A

  q. t; \6 y5 I4 @" W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。' O' Z) @; C, O% n$ o! }! j8 y

, a1 x( n2 n/ k0 _& p% `) A/ a% A$ I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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' |8 I  \- W# J9 r人在德国 社区U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official人在德国 社区$ g, O3 b4 i" r
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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8 I$ C8 @3 S# I# S" g  n5 s! ?) |

  \( g4 H) L% n8 E+ Y7 u8 _: DGunmen 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.
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: l# Z( E7 B# N( W5 zThe 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.3 w- Q* z! e$ `& w3 o/ Z: X

# K) A, g2 R3 J- O, y/ H2 R0 m+ bLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.
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The 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., G7 v$ s  \: ?

. I; x  ]3 m/ X5 b- UWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.