; G+ w' G0 {0 B0 N C 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.; Z( Y& H! C$ N: ? k
! O. D7 f" s# I3 u$ N- G5 A; A: S9 U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。) G! u2 ^+ e: _! W, X6 G5 i8 {' [
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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。 9 w: y6 O: m6 O7 `% M. _, d ( r0 j/ R& } h0 R# S8 }8 @U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official& ~; y* P7 x1 S0 m( U
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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. 5 ~% V! Q% @3 a' x7 }8 V: R" H# D+ s: I. h1 F/ o
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.+ ~) G3 s6 I: P; v; o
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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. 3 L6 a, o6 y% V0 o . _) U1 m8 Y* G5 hLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.# F: N9 T1 X K" X3 Z0 Z
- I+ U/ B9 s; Y1 w' iThe 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.9 s* t" J2 O3 D7 N) j$ v: g
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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.
