Perspective: Iraqis see uses for more U.S. troops

BAGHDAD — Asked how he felt about a proposal to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, Kamil Nasser described a recent encounter with the Americans.

Along with a contingent of Iraqi troops, U.S. forces raided his home just before dawn, he said. They broke down the door, damaged furniture and bound the hands of all in the house. They arrested his brother, Hassan, suspecting him of being a member of a Shiite Muslim militia.

But the next day the Americans let Hassan go unharmed. They had the wrong guy, they acknowledged. They even apologized.

Nasser shudders to think what would have happened if Iraqi forces alone had taken his brother into custody.

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