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。 : P; L8 B% J! p$ K/ E , p; p* A. w' P 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. . c0 l, k9 r9 f7 p4 v. s" |. W7 t/ l5 B, L% r
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。 1 w6 z+ x6 \, X2 f * ~; v m& T, ]( N- I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 T }# _9 ?9 I% t8 E+ p
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8 s* H9 y g( C3 U5 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.8 I% R# @! P3 ~0 p' M3 C! M
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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. ! [1 p1 T% g Q( A 3 I% C3 N! N+ [: ~$ F/ z% JThe 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.5 l+ N/ b9 J, {4 c: A
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.( a3 A4 ^2 M$ X4 e% H2 ^( T$ [
/ d' m' n7 P6 N) X" ^5 B% NThe 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 R& U' m, c/ z - N/ O9 @/ S: l! `% j9 F8 jWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
