David Hicks jihadist diary training revealed.

Terrorism: I could have sworn all his leftist groupies down in Oz said he was misunderstood. Good luck when he snaps and starts shooting up the place.

DAVID Hicks's handwritten "jihad diary" gives new insight into the sophisticated terrorism training he underwent, exploding claims that he was an innocent abroad. The confessed terrorism supporter used a school exercise book - complete with boy's-own images of fighter aircraft - to write up the detailed instruction he received in weapon use, explosives and military tactics from Islamic extremists in Pakistan. After describing how "to kill a VIP", Hicks noted that guerilla war involved "sacrifice for Allah". He sketched the mechanism of the telescopic sight of a sniper's rifle and the circuitry of deadly rocket-launched warheads. The exercise book was released yesterday by federal magistrate Warren Donald who, in easing the interim control order covering Hicks since his release from jail last month, found that, on balance, he remained at risk of committing a terrorist act or of undertaking further terrorism training. Hicks, now living in Adelaide, revealed in the book that he had been trained to carry out armed raids and ambushes, and to designate potential targets including police and railway stations. ....Hicks is believed to have sent his "jihad diary" home to Adelaide before it was seized, along with other documentation, in raids by ASIO and Australian Federal Police on the homes of his parents and other relatives. The magistrate released a rambling letter to his mother, Susan King, sent soon after he arrived in Pakistan. Hicks said he wanted her to understand why he had taken up arms in an Islamic jihad. Satan was aligned with Western society, which was "full of poison" introduced by Jews, he wrote. "Muslims fight against Jews and they kill them," he wrote, purporting to quote an Islamic text, the Book of Hadith. Mr Donald said Hicks's failure to appear at the hearing to confirm the terms of his control order meant the case against him had gone unchallenged. But lawyer David McLeod said Hicks was still too "fragile" to give evidence in person. Mr Donald reduced the requirement for Hicks to report to police from three times a week to twice a week, and sliced two hours off his curfew. He allowed Hicks to apply for permission to reside outside South Australia, though he will continue to be barred from travelling overseas. Mr McLeod said Hicks was no threat to the public.

Yeah, he sounds stable.