[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

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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& W+ d6 J( z2 ]- J( p0 z

  F/ e8 M# g" e7 X! C+ e7 ]人在德国 社区 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.csuchen.de9 S' ]' s( \3 K, o% a" \( x

0 w2 ?0 f% a. K0 a/ t! X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。人在德国 社区6 H" z3 i; D/ i1 e
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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。' _' d3 _, W$ |3 `; s: n0 y
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official
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. D; x/ G' Z1 a& T9 w9 sBAGHDAD: 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.. C# k1 @+ q/ r% \# k) P( t

9 J2 d3 P8 o& G4 nGunmen 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.
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# e6 T( V4 I+ `7 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.人在德国 社区4 V. k9 d- J; t1 n6 a) m1 ~
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.
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% c7 n0 g2 N! 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.csuchen.de" H% C; c) S4 I. k0 |$ l7 Z  r
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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.