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。 ( y) g1 ^5 G y- y/ r7 [& d' k$ m" g/ n7 `0 c! w- @
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. 4 `8 u" z9 I# q, R' s) `' s. Q* V3 a - Z% |+ U. F; w5 s" o: q# [2 K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。+ o0 y2 V0 `) a# A7 T8 W
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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。 3 ~( j' b) p/ o; ]+ z! C' ?+ P/ R; z* M7 _/ H. s
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official2 X( p2 S h$ t9 {
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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. # U( Z5 {, L2 d* t + P1 u$ Z2 C$ z4 w/ R. ^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.% V3 K/ C# p7 g! n6 A7 H
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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. 5 |. a4 ?4 B, } 9 W9 g* m: U8 o5 TLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. 2 d/ Q. ]" U) m% R! o9 \5 O, }5 v/ R2 o( }" _2 A. W
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. , N2 m$ B1 g/ {7 _/ t4 M0 {3 ?# [! X
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
