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The US military has told the BBC it is investigating an incident in which 11 Iraqi civilians may have been deliberately killed by US troops.
Video footage obtained by the BBC appears to challenge the US account of events in the town of Ishaqi in March.
The US said at the time that four people died during a raid, but Iraqi police said 11 were shot by US troops.
The video evidence comes in the wake of the alleged massacre by US marines of up to 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha.
The troops are also suspected of covering up the deaths in November 2005.
The Haditha incident and several others are being investigated by the Pentagon, according to US military sources.
The US army has also announced that coalition troops in Iraq are to have ethical training following the alleged incident in Haditha.
However, the BBC's Ian Pannell in Baghdad says the move is likely to be greeted with cynicism by many Iraqis, as the troops have long been accused of deliberately targeting civilians.
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