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。 $ \$ v3 x4 R4 ^4 s2 G: E/ k8 O: d8 G! }
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. 2 L+ _0 E9 m8 C O; b) s+ Q. `& l8 I% w/ ?% q) G0 j& _3 L6 p: j, Y
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 x& a) m# w* V0 V5 `3 M7 O; _( V2 B8 X) f1 F) z: I3 k
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 ^+ N5 L" C5 H* `
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official / Q: Q8 R: U% x2 [% X & w- H- j3 D5 A" G/ X- hBAGHDAD: 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.( a, {2 {2 R- F, M2 w
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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.4 o. ?' q1 {+ d4 V, m6 L6 O1 X5 B
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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. & B8 }0 ]% m; J7 m8 i" [$ j9 R; I& H5 n' ]# S& @
Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.3 F0 q$ l9 f1 g2 L( M' J
% M0 t4 a# A& n9 h# Q( oThe 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.# H' |/ @: g5 Q8 i: i7 }6 S$ |
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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.
