Algunos medios informaron que Abdulazeez se sentía un fracasado por su incapacidad de cumplir el criterio estadounidense del éxito, cuya principal medida es el dinero.
Though he did not appear deeply religious, he allegedly praised the late Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born al-Qaeda cleric and an advocate of attacks on “hypocritical” America, as a model of triumph over failure.