Latest News from the Turkish/Iraqi (Kurdistan) Border: We got a statement from the DC rep of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He says there are no Turkish forces in Kurdistan "as of today."

And we've got more background on what may have triggered the crisis: a little discussed turnover of security control in Iraqi Kurdistan from US control to that of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Late Update: State Department spokeswoman tells us that the report of a Turkish military incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan "is not a true story." More soon. -- SA