The bumbling jihadi? Alleged terror backer guessed FBI was listening.

An Uzbekistan man living in Denver has been charged with supporting an overseas terror group. At one point, court documents show, he openly cursed the FBI agents he assumed were listening to his phone call with an apparent terrorist contact.

An Uzbekistan man living in Denver has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a militant Islamic group in his home country.

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Jamshid Muhtorov was arrested Saturday at Chicago?s O?Hare International Airport prior to boarding a Polish Airlines flight to Istanbul.

Federal agents suspect Mr. Muhtorov was on his way to volunteer for a mission or missions to help the Islamic Jihad Union, an Uzbekistan-based militant group seeking to establish a government based on Islamic law.

Court documents filed in the case read at times more like a slapstick comedy than a deadly serious terror operation. The suspect and an alleged overseas terror contact overuse the word ?wedding? as a code word, and at one point jointly curse the FBI agents who they believe ? correctly ? are monitoring their every utterance.

At one point, Muhtorov?s wife threatens to take their children from Denver and go live with her mother ? in Kygyzstan.

When he tells her she must choose between her mother or him, she accuses him of choosing the alleged mission in Turkey over his wife and children.

Ultimately, the seriousness of the case is crystal clear. Last summer, according to an FBI affidavit, Muhtorov ?told his young daughter that he would never see her again; but, if she was a good Muslim girl, he will see her in heaven.?

The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) has claimed responsibility for suicide-type bombings, including simultaneous attacks in July 2004 on the US and Israeli embassies and the Uzbekistani Prosecutor General?s Office in Tashkent.

The group was tied to a foiled bomb plot in Germany in September 2007 and has claimed responsibility for attacks in 2008 and 2009 against US and other coalition forces in Afghanistan.

The IJU is believed to have trained with and provided support to Al Qaeda. It has been listed since 2005 as a US-designated terror group.

According to court documents, federal agents have been watching Muhtorov for the past year after he contacted the administrator of a pro-IJU website.

They have also been monitoring his e-mail contacts with someone code named ?Abu Muhammad,? who officials suspect is an IJU facilitator.

In March 2011, three days after an e-mail exchange between Muhtorov and Abu Muhammad, Muhtorov received a telephone call from someone identified in court documents only as ?a known associate.?

Muhtorov told the associate that the ?wedding house? sends greetings. He read the associate a suspected message from the IJU, referring to the group as ?our guys over there.?

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Star Jones Returning To 'The View' For Guest Appearance

NEW YORK (AP) ? Apparently enough water has flowed under the bridge for Barbara Walters and Star Jones to reunite for a day.

"The View" announced on Wednesday that Jones will appear on the daytime talk show on Feb. 22 to promote an awareness campaign about heart disease among women.

Walters and Jones had a falling out in 2006 when Jones, one of the five original co-hosts of the daytime chat show, exited "The View." ABC decided not to renew her contract and Jones took Walters by surprise by announcing on June 27 that she would be leaving the show.

That exit came more quickly than expected. Walters wouldn't allow her back the next day.

Walters later said that Jones had compelled her co-hosts to lie for her by not revealing that Jones had undergone gastric bypass surgery while on "The View." Jones took her own shots, criticizing Walters for writing an autobiography that revealed details of an affair.

The women later had something serious in common. Both underwent open heart surgery to repair faulty heart valves within two months of each other in 2010.

Jones is coming back to the show to discuss her involvement in the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" public information campaign. Women are asked to wear red on Feb. 3 to support heart patients.

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HBT: Fielder-Nationals rumor gets shot down

Late last night there was an unsubstantiated rumor going around Twitter that Prince Fielder had agreed to a deal with the Nationals, but both Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Jim Bowden of ESPN.com have shot that down.

According to Bowden the two sides ?continue to work on a deal? but there?s no agreement. And according to Haudricourt ?there is no deal in place.?

Washington remains the most obvious destination for Fielder and certainly the clock is ticking on him choosing a long-term home, but it looks like last night?s rumors weren?t based in fact.

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Comcast's extra ads ruin NFC championship game conclusion in some areas

It wasn't just RIM that had designs on the limelight during the football action last night. Comcast affiliates inserted extra commercials over the NFC Championship game last night, thoughtfully playing the clips over the climax of the match 'twixt the Giants and the 49ers. Frustrated fans who missed out on parts of the fourth quarter and overtime promptly began voicing dissent on the company's support forums. The Washington Post has a quote from spokesperson Amiee Metrick indicating the problems were due to a possible "equipment failure" at local affiliate resulting in the ill-timed ads reported in Oregon and Washington D.C. We've heard that it's offering a $10 credit and an apology, but it seems unlikely to soothe the brow of those -- like the person who recorded video of the incident you can see after the break -- thinking of switching to FiOS.
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Office Supply Monolith Is Perfect Desk Minimalism [Design]

If you can ever have one thing where you used to have many things, you've accomplished good design. The Lexon Mini Totem does just that, curbing desktop sprawl with stackable items you can arrange how you want. More »


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Croatia votes on EU membership amid concerns (Reuters)

ZAGREB (Reuters) ? Croatia voted on Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite turmoil in the 27-state bloc.

Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should pass, but opponents have appealed to many by playing up fears that membership would end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and result in a selloff of its assets and national resources.

Supporters say a 'No' vote will leave Croatia stuck with its struggling fellow ex-Yugoslav republics in the western Balkans, which was ravaged by war in the 1990s.

"This is a big day for Croatia and 2013 will be a turning point in our history. I look forward to the whole of Europe becoming my home," President Ivo Josipovic said after voting.

The EU has said Croatia can become its 28th member on July 1, 2013, after completing seven years of tough entry talks in June last year. It would become the second former Yugoslav republic to join, following Slovenia in 2004.

Croatia was left out of the EU's expansion to ex-communist eastern Europe in 2004 and 2007.

The last opinion poll, released on Saturday, put support for accession at 61 percent. The 'Yes' camp this week won the endorsement of Croatia's powerful Roman Catholic church.

Residents were out in force on the streets of the capital Zagreb on Sunday, enjoying the sparse winter sun. Most of those interviewed by Reuters seemed to be in favor.

"We cannot stay out of the EU, we'll get a lot of good things out of it. Of course, there are downsides as well, but that is something we must get used to," said Josip Zavrski, a retired engineer and one of the first who cast his vote.

OPPONENTS SAY NO RUSH

The 'No' camp says the timing is all wrong because the EU is not what it once was given the debt crisis threatening the single currency. Others complain they are unsure what membership will mean for the country of 4.3 million people.

"The EU is politically and economically unstable. We should vote against and then have a public debate about the pros and cons and inform the citizens properly before holding a next referendum," one of the right-wing parties, the Party of Rights (HSP), said in a statement on the eve of the referendum.

Danijela Rozic, 40, who sells cheese at Zagreb's market, said she did not know how accession might affect farming.

"I am against. I've heard many people say the EU is not all that great, that prices will rise if we join," she said.

Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia in a 1991-95 war, and saw strong growth on the back of foreign lending and waves of tourists to its Adriatic coast.

But its economy has been hit hard by the global economic crisis. Analysts and government officials say a rejection of EU accession on Sunday would bring down the country's credit rating, deter investors and further dampen any prospect of a quick economic recovery.

If the referendum passes, all EU member states must ratify Croatia's accession before it can join, and then it will take several more years before it adopts the euro.

Its current GDP per capita is 61 percent of the EU average. It expects millions of euros from EU funds for infrastructure and regional development.

Voting ends at 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) and first results are expected around an hour after polls close.

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Summary Box: Lagarde urges Europe to boost growth (AP)

EASE UP ON AUSTERITY: The head of the International Monetary Fund said that some of the stronger eurozone countries could deal with their debts in a less aggressive way to shore up economic growth.

FIREPOWER: Christine Lagarde, also a former French finance minister, added that the European bailout fund should be increased.

CONTEXT: Germany, Europe's biggest economy, has paid for a large chunk of Europe's bailouts. It has put austerity at the heart of the eurozone rescue effort and is reluctant to put more money into rescue funds.

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First Look: Backplane, The Lady Gaga-Backed Community Platform With All-Star Investors (Invites)

Screen Shot 2012-01-20 at 11.00.54 AMEarly last summer we wrote about Backplane, a mysterious startup with impressive backers and some major star power behind it: one of its cofounders, Troy Carter, is Lady Gaga's manager. And Lady Gaga herself has a significant stake in the company, as well as hands-on involvement with its development. Details on the company's product have been scant until now. But we've got some exclusive details ? and beta codes for TechCrunch readers who will be among the first to try out the product.

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Mexican drug movie 'Miss Bala' portrays a dark, cartel-fueled world of violence

The film is spellbinding and provocative, with none of Hollywood's usual easy answers to brutality

When the ambitious Mexican film ?Miss Bala? made its Mexican debut last September, more than one local newspaper article questioned whether the film should have been made at all. Indeed, the latest project from director Gerardo Naranjo ("I?m Gonna Explode") is an uncomfortable and horrifying journey into the grit and brutality of the country?s cartel-fueled violence, a journey devoid of the neatly packaged shoot-?em-up heroics typical of Hollywood?s action flicks. It?s dark stuff. But Naranjo?s unapologetically ruthlessness interpretation is also what makes his newest statement piece both spellbinding and provocative.?

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?Miss Bala? roughly translates to Miss Bullet, a cunning reference to both the main protagonist, unlikely Baja beauty queen Laura Guerrero (played by the model-turned-actress Stephanie Sigman), and the entrenched violence of the region. Subtitles spell out that cartel violence has killed more than 36,000 people since 2006. It?s telling, however, that in the short interim between the film?s production and US distribution, that tally has swelled to more than 47,000; some critics warn even that number could be too low.?

The story, based loosely on the true story of disgraced former beauty queen Laura Zunega, is told through the eyes of a poor 23-year-old from Tijuana who enters the local pageant on a whim. Laura?s quiet country life is turned upside down after she witnesses the bloody murders of several discotheque patrons ? including cops and a U.S. federal agent ? by members of the local gang La Estrella. In the attack?s chaotic aftermath, Laura is kidnapped by gang leader Lino (played with a bestial quality by Noe Hernandez). Captivated by her beauty, Lino also shrewdly recognizes Laura?s value and uses her as a pawn in the gang?s rapidly escalating schemes before she is eventually captured and framed?by the government for a host of La Estrella?s crimes.?

The unrelenting tension of the film is enhanced by Naranjo?s use of long, unbroken takes ? there are only 130 cuts in the entire movie ? and an almost complete lack of a soundtrack. In one memorable scene, Lino drives Laura to the beach and silently rapes her in the cab of his pickup. It is an outcome sickening in its apparent inevitability. The camera pans the beach at sunrise, the drug lord?s truck a dark blot on an otherwise beautiful tableau and the crashing waves a welcome respite from the malicious silence of the night.?

Written by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz, the script is a tangle of deception and double crosses that blurs the line between good guys and bad with a series of twists that emphasize the entrenched nature of corruption.?The minimization of Laura?s character begins the first?time we meet her, with an opening shot from behind to obscure her face. The prevalence of such shots throughout the film deprives Laura of her identity and humanity and adds to the sense of powerlessness that pervades?the movie's 113 minutes as her silencing gradually becomes a metaphor?for her homeland.

The question for American audiences accustomed to sexed-up cartel dramas like Stephen Soderbergh?s "Traffic," and the more recent heroics of Zoe Saldana in "Columbiana,? is why doesn?t Laura fight back? Why doesn?t she just pick up a gun and shoot her kidnapper and rapist? In a society that has robbed Laura completely of her power, repurposed her identity, and stolen away her family, perhaps the question instead should be, why would she? In the real world, having nothing left to lose is hardly the motivating factor the film industry makes it out to be.

Ultimately ?Miss Bala,? like other recent Mexican films depicting the drug war, does not offer viewers much in the way of hope. Justice, for Laura, is not served. As smoke billows from the skyline early in her ordeal and gunfire crackles faintly, a white limousine rolls past, its celebrating, formally attired occupants happily waving bouquets from the skylight ? a wedding procession perhaps, or a Quincea?era? Life goes on, but how many more Laura Guerreros are out there, their fates uncertain, their voices muffled by the harsh directives of men with walkie-talkies and bullets.

Miss Bala opens in the US Jan. 20 and?has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category.

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