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。 % Y6 q+ v. z% p/ K' e ( D7 K) {3 ]% q$ H1 K 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./ Z1 q5 M8 x8 v1 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。2 A0 g7 C/ N1 y. \3 \, d# M- |$ x
# R. `7 M6 D3 k J) {8 X) P# t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。 6 |* L' X) M5 r) Q! r1 a h `/ `4 o# |7 kU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official) Y: q6 \4 [ h5 S6 Z- i9 ?
8 d8 N/ H0 R7 S+ C1 S. x) p1 I( ^ bBAGHDAD: 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.; F- w. m, b- k
3 S' N% r6 q! s8 o5 A5 M0 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. 7 Y2 A# y$ d9 \ 8 ^& F1 C5 o. H! X% rThe 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. 6 G& y8 b1 _7 S: E' b3 P! C, \9 t$ B' E3 @# @) ]
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. 3 x8 n* f$ F7 }& ]2 G' X- R1 B [ , n' n* x: H9 ]2 f' _3 HThe 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. 4 c4 ~$ J1 a( k2 h$ y. E' e2 J1 I! }( z% _# T: U- N
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
