Unveiling the Shadowy Kill List: Inside the UAE’s Alleged Special Forces Assassination Plot

A U.S.-based assassination squad allegedly targeted a Yemeni politician on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, according to court filings. The documents report that the squad had a clandestine hit list consisting of 23 individuals.

The lawsuit claims that upon their arrival in Yemen, the team was met by an Emirati officer in uniform, who presented them with the hit list immediately after they disembarked the plane.

This list, reportedly composed of “23 cards with 23 names and faces,” was allegedly handed to the team orchestrated by former Special Forces operative Abraham Golan. Golan is accused of orchestrating a failed assassination attempt on a member of Yemen’s House of Representatives.

Golan’s company, Spear, was reportedly contracted by the UAE in 2015 with a lucrative deal of $1.5 million per month, plus bonuses, to eliminate perceived adversaries of the nation, as outlined in the lawsuit.

The court documents indicate that each card provided only basic intelligence about the designated targets.

Issac Gilmore, Chief Operating Officer of Spear and a former Navy SEAL, acknowledged that the team never questioned the list. He also mentioned that some targets might have been individuals who simply fell out of favor with the UAE’s ruling elite.

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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