Best Photos of 2002:
A Year of Conflict

Members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, patrol the Jabalya refugee camp
PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY JAMES NACHTWEY / VII

Walking the Beat
Members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, patrolled the Jabalya refugee camp to defend against a possible Israeli incursion

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