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。; H0 P$ O7 i5 P x6 J p: A+ G
1 o6 S z8 P: p3 v 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 M+ k2 W R! F' J; Z' j
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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。" f1 v( D# A# R+ s
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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。 - t& K; ^8 t# T# _2 G* f0 C/ Q- w% A" V% P8 I8 y
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 9 [4 c* X# \- |# b/ B6 _( ^ 1 z- u: s8 a. H$ U# R2 sBAGHDAD: 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.6 ]/ @0 U! B7 r' ~8 X" a% U3 k+ a
: b6 V! ^5 ?5 K- cGunmen 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.$ Q7 g$ ^. Y0 p1 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. ; e: B c/ X ?) L2 u " h. T$ [! U$ S, C! B& [3 R9 @Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.9 U9 s3 c0 Q* e# _( h" H* e" H, V; q! I
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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. , R2 Y0 g9 _; p1 T# s2 H , U4 W/ @/ {+ @& `With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
