Mirror.co.uk - Basra civilians fired on by own troops Iraqi paramilitary forces in Basra have fired mortars and machine guns at a "couple of thousand" civilians trying to flee the city.
Members of Britain's Desert Rats 7th Armoured Brigade were trying to neutralise the fire.
Lt Col Ronnie McCourt, a spokesman for British forces in the Gulf, said UK troops were trying to evacuate the civilians and treat the wounded.
He said a "couple of thousand" Iraqi civilians had tried to break out from the north and west of the besieged city, but came under fire from Iraqi paramilitary forces inside.
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