Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
As Israel followed up its remote bombings of communications devices in Lebanon with airstrikes on Beirut , the United Nations Security Council held an emergency session Friday during which officials urgently called for an immediate cease-fire and warned that the Middle East is on 'the brink of catastrophe.' 'We risk seeing a conflagration that could dwarf even the devastation and suffering witnessed so far,' U.N.
' Habib demanded the council condemn Israel's 'terrorist attack' and asserted that 'accepting what happened amounts to opening a Pandora's box,' with countries and militant groups carrying out similar bombings around the world. 'This is the moment of truth,' he added. French U.N. Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière told the Security Council that 'the risk of an open war with potentially tragic consequences is growing every day.
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