They regularly accuse Iraq's Shiite-led government of being a front for Iran.

The country's Shiite-led government, the dancers said, is naturally trying to marginalize them.

The Shiite-led government has been trying to get American forces out of the way for at least two years.

"Now you can clearly see this operation was very strong and determined to destroy the new Shiite-led government," he added.

The new, Shiite-led government will begin debating when the Americans should leave.

Election officials believe a lighter presence of government forces, which are identified with the Shiite-led government, might encourage more voters to come out.

Efforts to bring Sunnis into the Shiite-led government have been haphazard at best.

Statements from several offices of the Shiite-led Iraqi government later said he was released and had returned to work.

He is also given to ridiculing officials in the current Shiite-led government as ignorant and lacking in the basic skills to run a nation.

Country B does not want the elected, Shiite-led government in Iraq to succeed.