Police patrol the streets in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 8, 2008. Palestinian police are slowly starting to exert control over some West Bank towns, long the domain of hooded gunmen and their automatic rifles, with the aid of Western-backed funding and training.The security drive, demanded by many Palestinians and which Israel says is a prerequisite for peace, has seen green-bereted security officers bent on enforcing law and order emerge from the chaos of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Picture taken January 8, 2008. To match feature PALESTINIANS-POLICE/ REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel (WEST BANK)
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