Beirut
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Caught in Beirut
Fighting continues between Isrealis and Hezbollah militants. Infrastructure inside Lebanon keeps getting pounded by Isreali bombs while Hezbollah sends rockets into northern Israel. Hundreds have been killed on both sides. For a time, 22-year old Birmingham native Jay Saxon -- a university student studying Arabic -- was caught in the middle of the violence with other American students. But before he left Beirut, WBHM's Steve Chiotakis spoke with him about all that was going on around him. (Full update and map inside)
