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。 0 J. I0 I# @( P$ v6 ? * {- j/ `+ ]7 R; U! D+ M2 F 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.6 j- t, F, t& [0 {3 m7 Q4 P
7 p' ^( G1 {" }: `! I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。' _' {0 F; f! F* m9 ?; D
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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。 2 |. V. y8 C# e% A8 O! A/ y. S! y* H6 g
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 9 L5 O# Z( ? c7 `0 P ' L5 N! U% Q; ~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 g5 v: E& G4 A2 L. O d
4 X- e$ t: e! y9 u ]! 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.( P7 [4 W& n4 n2 Q: V8 F/ u
& \' v$ K7 p; \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. ! X R3 |1 R9 A! Z" N / n' A; K8 R" s* tLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. , D' c3 {- U& W( y/ Z( q6 d0 H- m3 j6 c) b. K
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. / w, z9 V% J4 |& S8 Y' Q, X" \& \6 J$ U
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
