That darn democracy thing again...

Turkey's parliament has failed to approve the deployment of US troops in the country. While the vote was 264-250 in favour, it failed to achieve a majority of MPs present in the chamber (19 of whom abstained), and was declared invalid.

The US is apparantly "seeking clarification" on the vote, which was initially reported as having been passed. Really, it sems pretty clear to me - Turkish MPs are still heavily divided on the issue, and US$15 billion isn't enough to persuade them.