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。 + |. l6 z8 X' b; E; i9 j 0 P- o5 \" N- u8 x7 W5 p5 P 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., w2 `2 T) h9 t! N* B1 x0 F2 @
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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。8 s' W ~) P4 n: w( v [# l6 x
/ b/ h1 @/ M7 h$ c4 m8 W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。7 s& H9 M2 P; P, {! m
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official # A/ X6 |+ k8 t( _) k9 P" T 8 t) d7 T+ ~* P K. k5 P8 XBAGHDAD: 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. , }. W2 Y# ?, l; A) I& A- P+ H- y0 c7 g" B% H( C; q0 N$ m
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. 7 p9 a% _' R1 Y1 f5 @$ L' b3 L& Z8 s % ?9 i# S2 o& ~( r, e% oThe 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.. a' d+ y3 R% _9 K/ d
8 T. ~& t& n7 W, ^/ }3 _( r+ ALatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.0 x. k4 R: b7 T f* }8 J' t
/ l4 a* W- Q, V( ~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. ( E, T" g$ ?+ n2 [3 S4 Q 1 m( `# J; k3 \With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
