Iraq can find the launchpad but not the commander

The drone attacks launched from Iraqi territory against Saudi Arabia in recent months reveal something more troubling than the familiar problem of rogue militia weapons. A more complex security structure is emerging within Iraq’s irregular armed landscape. It is a force that can operate from state territory and move freely in the space the factions occupy, and one whose launch sites are easier to locate than its decision-makers. That gap between where the fire comes from and where the order come