The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) was pictured by their official media wing on Satuday firing a U.S. manufactured anti-tank missile towards a Syrian Arab Army vehicle in the Deir Ezzor Governorate.

Based on the pictures posted by the Islamic State's official media "Al-Amaq," the anti-tank missile was identified as a model BMG-71 TOW, which is both designed and manufactured in the United States.

The TOW missile was likely given to U.S. designated "moderate" rebel factions in Syria before coming into the possession of the Islamic State terrorists.

California Bernie Sanders Delegate from District 34, Eden McFadden, recorded a video from inside of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in which she talks about - and shows - how the DNC is rigged against Bernie supporters and delegates, in favor of Hillary Clinton. This was a suspicion held by many on the outside looking in, fueled by Craigslist ads looking for actors to work at the convention to cheer in the audience, but without much more proof than that, which is pretty thin, honestly.

But then, Miss McFadden came along and recorded around 15 to 20 minutes of great video. First, Bernie delegates were held from being seated before others. According to McFadden, they were told that it was not time to seat for anyone yet, and when they were finally let in to seat, there were people already there, seated.

Emails released by WikiLeaks on Sunday reveal a discussion by Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta and columnist Brent Budowsky about the potential fallout of Bill Clinton's sex scandals.

In an exchange between Budowsky and Podesta in January 2016, Budowsky firmly rejects the idea that the former president's "sex life could be damaging" to his wife's White House bid.

Instead, he argues that "WJC's presidency and his personal appeal are huge assets" to her campaign.

"But normal people with important things on their minds don't give a rats ass about [Monica] Lewinsky," Budowsky continues. "And I have offered a dozen people to bet with me if they think Donald will be elected and not one will take the bet because they know these issues help and do not hurt Hillary with women."

American voters face a clear choice in the election between the promise of change and Hillary Clinton's promise of continuing the corrupt status quo. Donald Trump delivered his "closing argument for his presidential campaign" before another big turnout in in Gettysburg, Pa. Trump called on voters to turn out and defeat a "totally rigged system."

Donald Trump billed himself during the speech as a "once in a lifetime" agent of change who will revive the US economy and rid Washington of corruption.

"We will drain the swamp in Washington, D.C., and replace it with a new government — of, by and for the people."

Trump hammered home the fact that a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for more-of-the-same government, that is set up to help enrich Clinton and her cronies.

"I'm asking the American people to rise above the noise and clutter of our broken politics and to embrace that great faith and optimism that has always been the central ingredient in the American character, and there is nothing better or stronger than the American character."

The choice is simple, its about war or no war, change or no change. A candidate with a 30 year record of complete failure, or an outsider with no public policy record.

Despite the two Middle Eastern cities' similar plights, with both of the densely populated areas caught in war with terrorism, Western officials' position on active anti-terror campaigns is apparently different - depending on who is behind the security operations.

The US-led coalition has recently pushed ahead with its assault on the Iraqi city of Mosul, with its population of 1.5 million people, while Russia at the same time has been assisting the Syrian army in fighting militants in Aleppo, a city of 2 million people. But when US officials comment on battling Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra and its allies in Aleppo, one is a sensible anti-terrorist operation, while the liberation of the other should immediately stop. "What needs to happen is a cessation of hostilities and the bombing needs to stop," the State Department's John Kirby recently commented on Aleppo.

Speaking about the situation in Iraq, Kirby's colleague from the White House, Josh Earnest said: "The idea that we, that somehow the Iraqi security forces, should delay this operation because of their concern about the humanitarian situation in Mosul doesn't make sense." While civilians "shouldn't have to leave" Aleppo through humanitarian corridors, according to Kirby, displacement of civilians in Iraq is seen as "inevitable" collateral damage. "It's not a question of whether we think they should or should not have to leave, but this displacement is somewhat inevitable in operation of this scale," Mark Toner of the US State Department said.

"This fantasy that the West is able to conduct a kind of clean war with no civilian casualties, and it's only the Russians and the Syrians who [harm] innocent civilians is just that - a complete fantasy. The West always tries to sanitize its wars, and make it out as if it can conduct these clean wars in which only bad guys and soldiers and militants get killed - and that's a fantasy," political writer and journalist Dan Glazebrook told RT, adding that "the Western media would rather refocus on horrific scenes in Syria following Russian and Syrian airstrikes than horrific scenes in Iraq following US and British airstrikes."

The US consul-general in Turkey has called on US citizens in Istanbul to steer clear of crowded public places and locations popular with tourists due to an imminent threat of attacks on US and other foreign nationals by extremist groups. The security memo was published on the official consulate page on Saturday. While elaborating on the nature of the possible attacks that Americans can fall prey to, it listed "armed attack, attempted kidnapping, bombing, or other violent acts,"adding that they could be "pre-planned" and come "with little or no warning."

For the sake of their safety, the consulate urged US citizens to reconsider their traveling plans, especially, if they are going to visit "locations where the westerners are known to frequent or reside." Of particular concern are the major cities located in southeastern Turkey, in the border region with Syria. Americans have been also cautioned to shun political gatherings and rallies as well as to avoid visiting places that attract large crowds and staying vigilant while visiting tourist spots.

Meanwhile, one policeman was killed and 16 people, including six officers, were injured in a car bomb blast in the eastern Turkish city of Bingöl, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported Saturday. A car bomb went off as an armored police vehicle passed. While no one has claimed responsibility, Turkish police said the armed wing of the banned Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey, could be behind the assault. An operation to arrest the perpetrators is under way.

Turkey has been experiencing a wave of terrorist attacks attributed either to the PKK or to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). On October 9, 18 people, including 10 policemen, were killed and 27 people injured in a car bomb explosion in the southeast Turkish town of Semdinli, located in an area that sees occasional heavy fighting between the Turkish army and Kurdish militias.

The deadliest terrorist attack this year took place at Istanbul's Ataturk airport in June, killing 43 people and injuring 239. It was blamed by the Turkish authorities on Islamic State.

For weeks, Donald Trump has watched his poll standing in battleground states plummet, from Pennsylvania, where his strength among Rust Belt families was supposed to turn a blue state competitive, to North Carolina, where Democrats had been making inroads in recent elections, to the ultimate battleground of them all: Florida.

Trump's poll numbers remain dire, but he can point to at least one ray of hope for a turnaround: Republicans have continued gaining ground in recent months in voter registration in Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Iowa, while the late surge in Democratic registrations relative to Republican registrations that occurred in battleground states during the final months of the 2012 election had not been replicated in numbers released in early August.

"The atmospherics of voter registration trends in those states do not point to a strong Democratic year, so that's one negative the Trump campaign does not have to deal with at this point," said Louisiana pollster John Couvillon, who added that spikes in registration can add a point or two to a candidate's vote share in a close race. "The voter registration data I'm seeing does not support the idea of a surge in Democratic voter enthusiasm."

Rarely ever does hypocrisy align so succinctly as it does within the pages of American policy and media coverage. US policy think tank, the Brookings Institution, recently provided an extreme example of this in a paper titled, "A convenient terrorism threat," penned by Daniel Byman.

The paper starts by claiming:

Not all countries that suffer from terrorism are innocent victims doing their best to fight back. Many governments, including several important U.S. allies, simultaneously fight and encourage the terrorist groups on their soil. President George W. Bush famously asked governments world-wide after 9/11 whether they were with us or with the terrorists; these rulers answer, "Yes."

Some governments—including at times Russia, Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan among others—hope to have it both ways. They use the presence of terrorists to win sympathy abroad and discredit peaceful foes at home, even while fighting back vigorously enough to look plausible but not forcefully enough to solve the problem. This two-faced approach holds considerable appeal for some governments, but it hugely complicates U.S. counterterrorism efforts—and the U.S. shouldn't just live with it.

Byman then begins labelling various nations; Somalia as a "basket-case," Iran as a "straightforward state sponsor of terrorism" and attempts to frame Russia's struggle against terrorism in Chechnya as somehow disingenuous or politically motivated.

Byman also attempts to claim Syrian President Bashar Al Assad intentionally released terrorists from prison to help escalate violence around the country and justify a violent crackdown, this despite reports from Western journalists as early as 2007 revealing US intentions to use these very terrorists to overthrow the governments of Syria and Iran specifically, the New Yorker would reveal.

And so by executive decree entire classes of businesses, including perfectly legal businesses that were already operating under strict licensing laws and regulatory regimes, became pariahs, cut off from the backbone of the financial system and scrambling to find backups.

Dear Consumer, Our biometric detection division has confirmed that you participated in the protests at last month's coronation of Hillary Clinton as Supreme Leader of the United States for Life. Your case was reviewed by our enforcement personnel and you were found guilty of unlawful dissent. As a result, all of your financial accounts have been closed, your carbon credit allowance has been frozen, and your consumer participation chip has been deactivated.

You have been downgraded from consumer to laborer. As such, you may proceed to the nearest Federal Emergency Management Agency labor camp to receive your work assignment. You will be provided a space in the dormitory and three meal credits per day.

All Hail the New United Nations, Praise Be to Secretary General Rothschild.

Sound like far-fetched science fiction fantasy? If only.

This is a letter from SunTrust Bank to Brian Lynn, a former Marine Corps officer and CEO of a payday lending company that had been operating 26 branches in Florida, Georgia and Alabama for over 20 years. In 2014 both Suntrust and Bank of America closed his companies deposit and account services with no warning or explanation.

"We received a letter from our bank of more than ten years, the Bank of America, back in June, telling us they were closing down the accounts we had for nine of our stores in the Jacksonville area," Lynn explained in a news story in 2015. "I thought there was some sort of mistake, so I contacted our local branch officers, and they were as baffled as I was. We had been a very good customer throughout our long relationship with Bank of America. They contacted their superiors in the corporate offices, but got no explanation. They were just told the decision was final."

On its own, a story like this might just be an anomaly. But it is not an isolated story. It's been happening to gun dealers, pawn shops, coin dealers and tobacconists, even porn stars all across America. Hundreds of completely legal, properly licensed, regulation-compliant businesses have been subject to this treatment for years.

So here's where it gets really creepy. All of these account closures are not just the spontaneous decision of the banks themselves; they are part of a legally dubious and outright Orwellian "Justice" Department program that the DOJ tried to keep from the public for years. Initially conceived as far back as 2011 and first revealed to the public in 2013, the ominously-named Operation Choke Point induced the FDIC to use its supervisory role over the banking industry to lean on banks and "encourage" them to drop clients in industries engaging in "high-risk activities." This inducement took the form of Memorandums of Understanding between the FDIC and FDIC-supervised banks prohibiting payment processing for targeted businesses or classifying loans to such businesses as "undesirable."

When you reach the stage of making a distinction between good terrorists and bad terrorists, not only are you defending the indefensible, you are engaged in the ugly business of sowing dragon's teeth.

Jahbat Al-Nusra, which recently changed its name to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, is a terrorist organization dripping in the blood of men, women, and children - people it has butchered across Syria over the past five years for the crime of praying to a different God than them, or else the same God in a different way. Such an organization, you would automatically think, has no place in this world, with its eradication a priority for all right-thinking humanity. Not so when it comes to Washington.

During a press briefing in Washington on October 20, US State Department spokesman, John Kirby, was asked by a reporter, "Is the US fighting al-Nusrah [sic] in Syria at this time?" Kirby replied, "Our efforts militarily in Syria, as I said today, is against ISIS, against Daesh."

Kirby also said, "The only thing that stands between where we are now and a permanent and enduring ceasefire in Syria is Bashar al-Assad and his supporters," Kirby said. "We recognize Al-Nusra as a spoiler, we have concerns about co-mingling, I've talked about this ad nauseam."