YOU CAN JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

Abdul Benbrika, who apparently used his spare – I'm just guessing here but I'll bet he had lots of it – time productively:

The Melbourne Magistrates Court has been told Taha was present during a conversation with the group's alleged leader Abdul Benbrika and other men when one of the men was recorded discussing grabbing members of the police and quietly slaughtering them.

The prosecutor alleged Merhi suggested a guide to making and using explosives might have been useful for the Jemaah Islamiah group and that Taha was present when members of the group suggested slaughtering police.

The court was also told Benbrika and Merhi were recorded discussing killing innocent families at the football in revenge for Prime Minister John Howard killing innocent Muslim families.

Really, does anyone with any sense object to people like these being disappeared – rendered, if you prefer – to some dark hole somewhere?