[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。; T/ |1 O4 O! X" m5 r$ @

1 H5 b5 t3 X8 Y* e0 K5 R4 ]) E 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.0 ]2 B7 y$ g4 L9 A( H
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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。3 b5 J2 N$ Z. R; A  F6 E9 _: a
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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。; L6 _8 ]; S, G% s! ~
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official- U, z1 M5 I3 N5 t0 |* p8 u
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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.
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. `) l- t& X# P# K8 l$ a1 j) a! yGunmen 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.csuchen.de# w3 r7 G$ h  q) g0 D; h
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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.& s1 v! s4 H6 f; L, R4 T: G) d9 x7 B

6 R8 O9 [- V: t) lLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.csuchen.de& I' l, D; ~, O4 ?" e
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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.' o- B/ r0 V; o- b

0 p3 \4 M3 s  }+ X& o0 k/ V* x3 Fcsuchen.deWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.