The election will create the basis here for the rise to power of a Shiite-dominated government for the first time in the country's 85-year history.

Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has heard this list before.

But others were cautious, including Sunni lawmakers worried about their influence in the Shiite-dominated government.

Loyalty to the Shiite-dominated government is a possibility.

Sunnis say total control by the Shiite-dominated government could mean massacres.

In addition, as a Sunni he faced inherent challenges working within a Shiite-dominated government.

The Shiite-dominated government did too little to protect Sunni citizens.

American military officers have also wondered if the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government and the Americans share the same vision.

Such a policy will not win the support of the Shiite-dominated government on which the success of the new American strategy depends.

It reported that Sunnis had lost confidence in the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government.