CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Efforts to turn over security to Iraq's new police force were dealt a devastating blow today. Militants staged a daring raid on a police station in Fallujah today, liberating several prisoners and killing several police in the process. CNN's Gaven Morris has more details.</s>GAVEN MORRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For more than an hour, the streets of Fallujah crackled with gunfire. Iraqi police and security forces battled to gain control of the city. Locals filmed the gunfights, but followed a brazen daylight raid on Fallujah's main police station. More than 50 men were involved, some firing rocket propelled grenades and machine guns in a planned and coordinated attack.</s>MUSHTAO MOHAMMED, EYEWITNESS: (through translator) I ran around the police station and tried to call for help. Then I saw a man open fire on two policemen and kill them. Then another policeman from the station opened fire and killed him.</s>MORRIS: Other official buildings were also attacked, including the headquarters of the Iraqi Civil Defense Forces. Dozens of prisoners were released, joining the chaos in the streets. Left behind, bodies of some of the attackers. At least four were killed, as well as nearly 20 police. While taking in the dead, local hospitals struggled to treat more than 30 injured people. Doctors said militants, police, and civilians were among them. Already this week, more than 100 people have died in two separate suicide car bombings. Increasingly Iraq's new police and civil defense forces are the targets. U.S. forces were not directly involved in this latest Fallujah attack. Increasingly, Iraqis are asking why there isn't more assistance from the coalition in defending country's new security forces. Just two days ago in another Fallujah attack aimed at the same local security base, a senior U.S. general was caught up in the violence. Afterwards, General John Abizaid said of the new Iraqi forces, obviously they're not fully trained. They're not ready. Gaven Morris, CNN, Baghdad.
Iraqi Militants Stage Raid on a Fallujah Police Station