The Clinton administration has expressed its decision to support the deal, but the contract needs the approval of both houses of the US Congress. The activists intend to reach the staffers who work on the Capitol Hill with flyers denouncing the sale and urging them to block it with the help of their bosses.
Turkey has one of the worst records of human rights violations in the world.
Many of the atrocities have been committed with the help of U.S. made weapons. With the help of American made copters, Turkish troops have thrown Kurdish civilians to their deaths and bombed Kurdish villages with their missiles. People in the human rights community, arms control groups, and friends of Kurds are expected to join the members of WAG in front of the Union Station.