utc things are not this simple there is much dispute over wheather the us succesfully installed a democracy since the new government is becoming more and more authoritarian candidates were banned from recent elections there have been fraud claims during all elections and many human rights violations have taken place also iraq's status as a us ally leave alone major us ally is questionable due to the strong ties to iran of many leading shi'a and kurdish figures and the growth increasing influence of muqtada al sadr's political party also the insurgency is far from quelled although it's not as deadly as it was around with at least civilians security forces killed this year it is still one of the most deadly insurgencies on earth january