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。 @) y/ c* }$ T2 G* ~
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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. v9 {$ A6 R# _1 L. s8 r2 v# k
) {# w0 ?7 d9 D2 d5 z$ i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。 ) s+ u8 _/ W3 \: |# \ ) N% D) d8 m% h4 K+ V% m$ {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。 ( q9 L8 p! y5 A2 m4 P; Z3 L4 g* ^, ]8 y6 s- ?4 C* ^8 H$ V: t0 @
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official8 Q9 z5 G, x, `( h+ K
3 [! L$ I! O6 K' r3 wBAGHDAD: 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. " x5 j! V$ e5 g; f2 q0 i9 g, P/ h* T' p5 G$ A6 r$ x3 v: D# L: M# a
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. 3 f* w. C/ }6 b* i7 f 8 O1 N/ v) P: Q( w* [: QThe 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. * e0 p2 Y5 ], F. O* o # E h5 O U* j8 ]( R5 ^' eLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. / S1 Y& h8 c: J5 i: V & \7 f9 H+ ~* E4 R! e3 }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.+ }8 J# x$ g. e p2 c
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With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
