[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。% H0 w# t6 R8 _$ \4 L  h
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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.
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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。6 a. |2 b+ S& S0 B+ u

3 T. g$ {5 ^8 i, I5 i3 k; x" m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。, ]' e, Z# W; S/ o; U

% j, O4 a' f: x  Acsuchen.deU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official
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- g5 o& \) b7 A2 b. w3 JBAGHDAD: 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.csuchen.de; p0 A% G4 j( J% i0 j  O* A( ?. G

- ?' r- P" U8 M8 W0 Lcsuchen.deGunmen 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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0 U' h& J& p( x, B5 q0 L3 t0 v- `csuchen.deThe 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.
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( c7 G7 V) a/ F* I2 a9 t6 r& h* _Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.
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( h2 u1 a4 c. k# tThe 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.
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" F* Z' I+ t: ]4 ^) cWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.