As the crisis escalated, American officials began in the last few days to talk with Honduran government and military officials in an effort to head off a possible coup.
And after the argument escalated, the officials said, Winters referred to Bradley using profane language.
http://t.co/aao6hTXS #Egypt — Egyptocracy (@Egyptocracy) 5 Dec 12 After the violence escalated, Brotherhood officials, including Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of the group's political party, and the young, Islamist bloggers running the official Twitter account tried to blame opposition politicians, and were met with jeers from activists.
The choice of Mr. Rumsfeld, one of the administration's most senior and blunt officials, as the administration's next emissary to the region, following Mr. Armitage, was meant to underscore the seriousness with which Mr. Bush views the escalating tensions, officials said.
It is unclear how many shots were fired and how the confrontation with federal officials escalated in the first place.
The shipping industry's fears have escalated since port officials in Xiamen, China, earlier this week detected radiation on a large container ship belonging to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and quarantined the ship.
In Oakland, tensions between the city and protesters escalated last week as officials complained about what they described as deteriorating safety, sanitation and health issues at the site.
But the situation escalated, as school officials announced a lockdown over the intercom and called 911, and teachers locked their classrooms, shut off the lights and moved their students away from the doors.
A1 As the Bush administration tried to show a more forceful effort to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, government officials escalated their criticism and sniping over who was to blame for the problems with the initial response.
