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。 " j0 }9 w5 b1 O. G - q; R; N6 n5 i$ r) p- u% H 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. + M/ x& ?' P" |) S( K 8 `6 B+ M- L3 a% P1 a1 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。 0 l1 Q/ o5 @; p7 r! f, `: B - T8 o& p& W! X8 |# 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。: m* H! e; ?( P) H/ M
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official) [* \6 y2 A' g4 }. p6 f( W& k* ^3 \
2 D8 s! p# c( f% EBAGHDAD: 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. q0 V$ u. Q" } v! d5 B8 I8 \9 I9 M1 H
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. * p8 c! S5 `& ?7 O" B ~. D, W0 ?- p; s; ^; Q
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.% Q6 s$ C8 }+ R3 B6 U
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.: s( A4 x6 W, M
0 J; Q# j3 g8 W4 e: C: ~: R6 KThe 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.3 p. k: |! M9 X1 w
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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.
