In December 2009 , al-Khattab expressed support on the website for Nidal Malik Hasan , the US Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shooting in November of that year . The Department of Defense classified the events as " workplace violence " , pending Hasan 's court-martial . On December 12 , 2009 al-Khattab posted a video on the group 's website announcing that he had retired and was moving to Morocco , and that the group would be run by Abdullah as-Sayf Jones . According to a video Jones made , he was born David Scott Jones and grew up in Brevard County , Florida . He converted to Islam at the age of 16 , taking the name Abdullah as-Sayf . After following the group online , in 2009 , Jones moved to New York in 2009 and joined RM
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