On August 31st in US Political History
Part IV
Part IV
On August 31st in 1987 The US Justice Department challenged the constitutionality of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, which provided for the appointment of independent counsels. The Supreme Court upheld the law.
On August 31st in 1990 East & West Germany signed a treaty to join legal & political systems.
On August 31st in 1992 Separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that claimed the lives of Weaver's wife, son and a deputy U.S. marshal.
On August 31st in 1993 Mideast peace talks resumed in Washington amid hopes that a historic agreement to establish Palestinian autonomous areas would be concluded within days.
On August 31st in 1996 More than 100 members of the Iraqi National Congress in Irbil were captured by Iraqi secret police and executed. The Congress was set up by the US in 1992 as an alternative to Saddam Hussein. Thousands of opposition members made it to Turkey and were flown to Guam by the US and promised asylum in the US.
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