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。 0 p: v8 [1 |, ` ( }8 F1 p! N/ n 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. 6 T+ ?2 Y( Z G. Y7 b0 [3 d ' r$ B* B) b6 R# i: o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# h2 M0 P5 J3 x, A; @
1 Q5 R: a$ S$ K$ F$ b6 w/ p1 {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。 ' n! z( ]5 p6 X0 r 5 j. q5 H, F+ Y! C$ WU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 2 _: q* \4 T. G* J0 Y0 U6 I; G# Q/ m1 G
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. $ m7 q9 f* b$ ?/ k7 }1 ?( D ! y1 P9 U: m& @ z7 Q7 A0 aGunmen 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.6 p8 A6 M) _8 \% ^
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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. [2 o, N( {- R
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.4 Y2 G" C, W9 t& Z
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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.9 F( {! F& ~/ N+ {& t
! ?2 `' q7 `, B$ o% RWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
