“January 30 [2005] saw a sign of possibly brighter future. Over eight million Iraqi adults (more than half of the total eligible) went to the polling booths to vote in the first post-Saddam election of a parliament. The result was a victory for the two Shi’ite parties and the Kurdish independence. Sunni candidates gained very few votes, mainly because Sunnis boycotted (refused to participate in) the vote.”
– Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 40