A San Diego mercenary unit tortured and killed an American citizen after stealing his cash in Yemen, a bombshell lawsuit has claimed.

The sister of 25-year-old Fresno man, Abdulmalek Anwar Alsanabani, is suing the mercenary group, called ‘Spear’, claiming they murdered her brother.

Zena Alsanabani claims she has “sustained serious emotional and psychological injuries, including extreme emotional distress, shock, anxiety, grief, and mental anguish,” due to the death of her brother.

She is seeking compensatory damages and other costs in amounts to be determined at trial.

Spear was assembled by former American special forces commando, Abraham Golan, and was allegedly making $1.5 million-a-month plus bonuses killing the enemies of the United Arab Emirates, according to a previous lawsuit.

Alsanabani, a student, was travelling to Yemen to visit family, but had to fly into Aden International Airport because the airport in the capital, Sanaa, was closed.

Despite being in Yemen, Aden is a ”stronghold of the Emirati-controlled Southern Transitional Council, who are Spear-trained operatives,” the sister’s claim states.

Spear, along with a second mercenary group called Reflex, provided resources to the Southern Transitional Council, according to the lawsuit.

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.

Alsanabani was stopped at a council checkpoint while driving to see his relatives and found carrying American dollars, the papers claim. 

The mercenaries then robbed, brutally tortured, and eventually killed him on September 11, 2021, the papers claim.

When his mourning parents travelled to see their son in hospital they identified ”obvious signs of torture and bullet marks throughout his back and leg,” the suit claims.

According to another court case, Spear was hired by the UAE in 2015 for $1.5 million a month to take out the country’s enemies, which were contained on a ”kill list.”

The same lawsuit said the list, described as “23 cards with 23 names and faces,” was allegedly handed to the assassination team overseen by Golan.

The mercenary group’s 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’s royal family.

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.

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 suit claimed.

”None of the participants quit,” it adds.

The team later botched an assisnation attempt of Anssaf Ali Mayo.

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. 

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.

However, Mayo had received word moments before the explosion that his life may be in danger and had fled the scene, the suit claims.

Mayo, who was at the top of the list to eliminate because he was a member of the al-Islah party, Yemen’s second-largest political group, which is linked to the UAE’s enemy the Muslim Brotherhood.

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.

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.

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.

“I was gonna try to open the door, throw a couple hand grenades, and then just go in there and shoot everyone,” Comstock said, according to the lawsuit.

Mayo, had been told his life was in danger and fled moments before the explosion ripped through the building and survived.

He claims he suffered “psychological and emotional trauma” from the event and now lives in exile in Saudi Arabia.

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.

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. 

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