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。 ; h9 C( }, ^' c' O. R( f/ Y! `* U. v , @1 E z' F; 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., n7 x: n! N$ g# z
* }4 ~, R& l0 F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。$ ]. m8 Q( c! T+ n; @6 i+ T
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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。 3 {6 O6 q, x' G/ H5 n + @* U, W3 e% L; v* e8 r& n. uU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official' q' `/ M' O4 E
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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. 0 k7 {# ]5 i/ s5 k. X7 C, j9 g9 o8 _4 M
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.- f9 E+ R, n- w
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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. . o% s* \, y( ]: r! I: x! c* [: @7 r6 p1 g g! o6 m. B+ k
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. & \( F* W, o' `* G& f3 ^, \: i! m' B# m. N1 F9 g* l! D0 n6 |/ P
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.% b* B: ?' v' o
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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.
