The anti-democratic forces who tried to stop people from voting there were Sunni Muslim Arab terror groups, ranging from supporters of Saddam Hussein’s deposed dictatorship to followers of Osama bin Ladin’s extremist Islamism. Because Sunni Arabs, comprising less than 25% of the population, knew that they could not win a democratic election, many of their leaders urged a boycott.
这是一个显著区别。作为伊拉克境内的反民主力量的阿拉伯穆斯林逊尼派恐怖集团，包括垮台的萨达姆·侯赛因政权的支持者和乌萨马·本拉登极端伊斯兰主义的追从者，都试图阻止人们前去投票。因为占人口总数不到25%的阿拉伯逊尼派知道，他们无法赢得一场民主的选举。许多逊尼派领导人还鼓励联合抵制选举。