Kill list Special Forces had during UAE assassination plot

The US killing team that allegedly went after a Yemeni politician on behalf of the United Arab Emirates had a secret 23-man hit list, court documents claim.

The targets were said to have been handed to them by a uniformed Emirati officer as soon as they got off the plane in Yemen, a lawsuit alleges.

The document, described as “23 cards with 23 names and faces,” was allegedly handed to the assassination team overseen by ex-Special Forces commando Abraham Golan, a mercenary allegedly behind a botched plot to kill a member of Yemen’s House of Representatives.

Golan’s company, Spear, was hired by the UAE in 2015 for $1.5 million a month plus bonuses to kill the country’s enemies, the lawsuit claims.

“Each card contained only rudimentary intelligence about the target listed,” the court paper say.

Spears Chief Operating Officer Issac Gilmore, a former Navy SEAL, admitted the killing team did not question the list and that some of the targets may have been people who fell out of favor with the UAE’s royal family, it continued.

Golan had gathered his team of mostly ex-military on December 14, 2015, on the tarmac at Terterboro Airport in New Jersey, hours before they landed in Yemen, according to the suit.

There, Golan detailed the targeted mission they would be taking on in Yemen, the documents claim.

Each mercenary was told they could keep the $20,000 advance they were given if they chose not to take part in the mission.

“No questions asked”, the lawsuit said. “None of the participants quit,” it adds.

They then boarded a charter jet loaded with military equipment, including body armor and specialized tools to prepare blasting caps on explosives, the lawsuit claims.

Once in Yemen, the assassination team allegedly undertook its campaign of killings and was “responsible for several high-profile assassinations in Yemen,” the lawsuit says.

Anssaf Ali Mayo, a member of the Yemen House of Representatives, is suing Golan, Gilmore and another member of Spear, Dale Comstock, over an botched assassination attempt on him.

Comstock allegedly threw an explosive into the building where they believed Mayo to be. The rep had received word moments before the explosion that his life may be in danger and had fled the scene, the suit claims.

The incident forced Mayo into exile in Saudi Arabia in 2016. He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages along with an order that the three men stop targeting Mayo.

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