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。% v7 }, x& j' y
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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. w8 [* v/ k# z" j% z4 X
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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。 7 S' X) M- i# g( Z8 l) a5 M/ i3 M2 {( a
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。 + a) t0 E+ k( K, m% t! \6 h- W/ Q: u/ j: d: Q( u1 r
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official * }/ Y% ]. n) x; C) E# S7 r7 t0 q- v. H% K! z4 [
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. - O, `. C2 v1 d* O 1 i3 t* e2 n [; K& f- M! J" z3 ~2 ?1 p* xGunmen 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. * c# l- f8 s4 Y. o6 v8 g @! j0 k 8 p; t, C" A0 m" U0 ^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./ I C$ w: c* e2 X3 ^, H
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. 4 c6 G' @+ _. W& f! _6 \4 U: q. ?2 A& l
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. g3 z$ I, \- I$ x' ~" C6 j. o
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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.
