Who is Bashir Noorzai? Alternately known as the "Pablo Escobar of the Middle East" and a U.S. allied freedom fighter, federal agents arrested Noorzai on heroin trafficking charges in 2005. His case goes before a New York judge Wednesday.

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Who is Bashir Noorzai?

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Alternately known as the "Pablo Escobar of the Middle East" and a U.S. allied freedom fighter, federal agents arrested Noorzai on heroin trafficking charges in 2005. His case goes before a New York judge Wednesday. Alex Cohen talks to New York Times reporter Alan Feuer, who has the details.