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。9 |, L, y6 u% l5 r' f5 | V
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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. . P& t! ]+ v5 R/ T! @" D$ h( i7 @+ Z9 T0 D! h
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。 7 u& W4 x. ?7 |$ _9 t 8 ^! h1 ^4 B* D/ _- h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。 6 K: a( @- W4 a) n1 p: J6 J8 y) a
U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official- F$ r1 X/ w8 x- C- ]- x* _
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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. 9 P) u8 k9 `( {9 ~& ?& h R% N; z/ t3 u- V+ ?* D( 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. " C, s9 Y: ~) e: S a3 j / B [4 |6 ~2 |, S: V9 \5 W- pThe 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, u3 N6 Z- u( ^
) E- z' L( L2 i9 d- z9 \5 W# CLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.5 E5 T/ G# h$ y4 f+ ^
, j) }; i: u3 W$ dThe 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+ N' n- x5 H# T. U' ~ " n n9 `. R+ m. E, h/ SWith Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
