What A Man Who Is On The "Kill List" Has To Say

Important read on the reality of drone warfare: Malik Jalal is from Waziristan, Pakistan's border area with Afghanistan, which is heavily haunted by US drones since 2004. Especially under Barack Obama's administration, drone strikes in Waziristan increased hugely.

Civilians have been killed by these strikes regularly. 

It is also known that the Obama administration designed a so called "kill list" for its targets (now in the hands of Donald Trump!). It is not clear how many people are on this list and how they are nominated for it. 

Every Tuesday, the American President himself decided who needs to be drone murdered. These days became known as "Terror Tuesdays". 

Many people believe that all the people on the "kill list" must be "terrorists" or "extremists". But this is not the case, as Jalal' story makes clear.

At least four times Malik Jalal has been targeted by drone strikes. He survived them all while other innocent people were killed. 

Malik Jalal is not a terrorist. Instead, he is a local tribal elder whose role as an intermediary in settling disputes is recognised by the Pakistani government. Jalal says he is being targeted due to his work with the North Waziristan Peace committee (NWPC) — a group attempting to bring peace between the Taliban and Government of Pakistan.

A secret source told Jalal that he his name has landed on the "kill list". To escape his murder by drone, Jalal was forced to leave Waziristan.

“I have had to leave Waziristan. In my own family there are six people who are mentally destabilised because of the strikes. In Waziristan there are more than 400,000 people who have mental problems because of the drones. My own son is too scared to go back to Waziristan," Malik Jalal said.