1pm update  Iraqi forces 'fired on civilians'  · Delayed UK aid
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beseige capital An RAF medic near Basra treats a six-year-old
Iraqi boy, for shrapnel injuries. Photo: PA. The British
military today claimed that a group of around 2,000 Iraqi
civilians trying to flee the southern city of Basra were fired
upon by Iraqi mortars.  Officers said Iraqi militia shot at
civilians using machine guns and targeted them with up to nine
mortars. However the civilians were in the vicinity of British
forces, so it was impossible to be sure of the militia's targets
from the first reports.  One young woman was seriously wounded
and several other people received minor injuries, according to
Captain Robert Sandford of the British Deserts Rats 7th Armoured
Brigade, which is encircling the city.  Desert Rats from the
Black Watch were said to have returned fire at the Iraqi militia
after their attack at around 0700 GMT (10am local time). The
civilians were waiting to