A former Special Forces commando allegedly made millions carrying out assassinations for the United Arab Emirates, according to newly surfaced court documents, mentioned a report by New York Post.
Abraham Golan — accused of being behind a failed attempt to kill a member of Yemen’s House of Representatives — has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Anssaf Ali Mayo, who claims he narrowly escaped the plot – mentioned the report.
“There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen. I was running it. We did it. It was sanctioned by the UAE within the coalition,” Golan allegedly said, according to the papers.
Lawsuit reveals details
The story dates back to 2015. As per the lawsuit cited by NYP – documents showed that in August 2015 — Golan teamed up with former Navy SEAL Issac Gilmore to set up Spear Operations Group in Rancho Santa Fe, near San Diego.
The duo allegedly struck a deal with the UAE to carry out “targeted assassinations,” for which they would be paid $1.5 million a month, along with bonuses for successful missions.
Agreement for the same was reportedly finalised at an Italian restaurant in the officers’ club of a UAE military base in Abu Dubai by Mohammed Dahlan, a former security chief for the Palestinian Authority.
How the tasks were carried out?
After securing the deal, the team began recruiting former military personnel. Among them was Dale Comstock, who was allegedly paid $40,000 a month plus bonuses to lead operations.
By December, the group had assembled and, according to the lawsuit, flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Yemen on a chartered jet, carrying body armour, explosives equipment, weeks’ worth of military rations and cases of alcohol.
Their main target, the lawsuit claims, was Mayo, a senior figure in the al-Islah party, which the UAE views as linked to its regional rival, the Muslim Brotherhood.
The plan, according to court papers, was to bomb the party’s headquarters in Aden and then use firearms to kill anyone who survived the blast.
Mayo, who had been warned about threats to his life, fled just moments before the explosion and survived. He says the incident left him with lasting psychological trauma and forced him into exile in Saudi Arabia.
$7 million mansion, upscale San Diego suburb
The lawsuit also mentioned that Golan coordinated operations from a $7 million mansion in an upscale San Diego suburb, complete with multiple bedrooms, fireplaces and a resort-style pool overlooking a golf course.
It was there, the documents claim, that Golan pitched the assassination programme to Comstock — telling him that Spear Operations had been hired by the UAE and asking him to lead the mission, mentioned New York Post’s report.
