US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged NATO to take a more prominent role in postwar Iraq, days after a dozen people allied to America were killed in attacks throughout the country. Powell's call for help came as the bodies of two Japanese diplomats killed last weekend arrived in Japan for burial. In an address to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Powell called on the alliance, some of whose members opposed the war to overthrow Saddam, to take a bigger role in Iraq. "The US welcomes a greater NATO role in Iraq's stabilization," Powell said. After meeting the foreign ministers, Powell said none of them had opposed a greater NATO role and said he did not see a need for another UN resolution on Iraq at this point. It was the first time since the war, which threw NATO into one of the deepest crises in its 54-year history, that Washington had pressed the alliance for assistance in Iraq. **PHOTO CAPTION*** U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses a news conference after a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2003. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)