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。 2 v9 g* b" {) [. N) M" | O ) f5 }/ z# r8 i5 d, }. Q 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. * j) a2 \+ J9 M/ `# I- F/ u. q! b
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 E- D3 L. J5 y0 w0 l
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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。/ h& t; W6 R" N# J+ e
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official5 i, g/ o# K0 u t g4 E0 P3 h
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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.- |# k+ B9 @4 R5 n' }9 ]2 ^& ?
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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.- g# L5 {& e( d3 @9 h
4 T3 P2 A2 D/ k1 p' @* aThe 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.& z& I6 v3 v1 }9 ~
5 H/ o* R1 H0 x/ F, wLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.5 C: I# ?9 B+ H* q9 j4 [" Y
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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.1 c5 k8 C. Q8 Z1 u+ k3 ^$ 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.
