The Pentagon is investigating new allegations of war atrocities committed by U.S. troops in Iraq, CNN Television reported Friday.

The most recent incident of its kind took place in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi in March this year, according to the report.

Iraqi police said in this incident, 11 civilians were killed during a U.S.-led raid against a suspected al-Qaida site, including five children -- the youngest is only 6 months old --, four women, and two men.

In its own account, the U.S. military had said its troops came under fire during the raid and the civilians were killed in crossfire.

But a local Iraqi police official told CNN that U.S. troops kept an entire family in a room before shooting them, and then blowing up the house.

After receiving a videotape from BBC which shows bodies of those killed in the incident, the Pentagon recently launched an investigation.

The new allegations came on the same day when the Iraqi government announced the launch of its own probe into the alleged massacre of 24 civilians by U.S. marines last November in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.

Earlier in the day, the U.S. military in Baghdad said there are at least three or four other investigations underway into deaths of civilians at the hands of U.S. troops and its allies, though offering no details.

In the wake of recent allegations of war atrocities, the U.S. military said its troops in Iraq are going to have "ethical training," a move greeted with cynicism among Iraqis, who have long accused the U.S. troops of targeting civilians, but have received no response until the Haditha story became public.

Source: Xinhua