Facebook\/Abdulmalek Alsanabani<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDespite being in Yemen, Aden is a \u201dstronghold of the Emirati-controlled Southern Transitional Council, who are Spear-trained operatives,\u201d the sister\u2019s claim states.<\/p>\n
Spear, along with a second mercenary group called Reflex, provided resources to the Southern Transitional Council, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
The papers claim Reflex was run by security expert Erik Prince, who was paid $528 million to build a private mercenary army, the papers say. <\/p>\n
Alsanabani was stopped at a council checkpoint while driving to see his relatives and found carrying American dollars, the papers claim.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The mercenaries then robbed, brutally tortured, and eventually killed him on September 11th, 2021, the papers claim. <\/p>\n
When his mourning parents travelled to see their son in hospital they identified \u201dobvious signs of torture and bullet marks throughout his back and leg,\u201d the suit claims.<\/p>\n
According to another court case, Spear was hired by the UAE in 2015 for $1.5 million a month to take out the country\u2019s enemies, which were contained on a \u201dkill list.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same lawsuit said the list, described as \u201c23 cards with 23 names and faces,\u201d was allegedly handed to the assassination team overseen by Golan.<\/p>\n
The mercenary group\u2019s chief operating officer, Issac Gilmore, a former Navy SEAL, admitted the killing team did not question the list and understood some of the targets were those who fell out of favor with UAE\u2019s royal family.<\/p>\n
Golan had gathered his team of mostly ex-military assassins on December 14, 2015, on the tarmac at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, hours before they landed in Yemen, according to the suit.<\/p>\n
Golan detailed the targeted mission they would be taking on in Yemen, the documents claim. <\/p>\n
Each mercenary was told they could keep the $20,000 advance they were given if they chose not to take part in the mission \u201dno questions asked.\u201d, the suit claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201dNone of the participants quit,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n
The team later botched an assisnation attempt of Anssaf Ali Mayo.<\/p>\n
Mayo, a member of the Yemen House of Representatives, is also suing Golan, Gilmore and another member of Spear, Dale Comstock, over an botched assassination attempt on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Comstock, another former member of US Army Special Forces paid $40,000 a month plus bonuses to run the killing team, allegedly threw an explosive in to a building where they believed Mayo was staying. <\/p>\n Facebook\/Abdulmalek Alsanabani<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHowever, Mayo had received word moments before the explosion that his life may be in danger and had fled the scene, the suit claims.<\/p>\n
Mayo, who was at the top of the list to eliminate because he was a member of the al-Islah party, Yemen\u2019s second-largest political group, which is linked to the UAE\u2019s enemy the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n
The alleged plan was to set off explosives at the al-Islah political party headquarters in Aden, where he worked, and kill off any survivors with small firearms, the papers say.<\/p>\n
Drone footage captured the dramatic assassination attempt. The team drove up to the headquarters where Comstock allegedly placed an explosive charge loaded with shrapnel and detonated the device.<\/p>\n
A huge explosion rocked the building, shots were fired, and then the footage showed a second explosion caused by a booby trapped SUV designed to add to the destruction.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was gonna try to open the door, throw a couple hand grenades, and then just go in there and shoot everyone,\u201d Comstock said, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Mayo, had been told his life was in danger and fled moments before the explosion ripped through the building and survived.<\/p>\n
He claims he suffered \u201cpsychological and emotional trauma\u201d from the event and now lives in exile in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Golan allegedly plotted hits for the UAE from a $7 million mega mansion in a ritzy San Diego suburb next to a luxury golf course.<\/p>\n
The 7,000 square foot spread featured five bedrooms, five baths, four fireplaces and a resort-style pool. There was a wood paneled office, breathtaking views of the course and serene fountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n