LAS VEGAS -- Activists with peace groups CODEPINK and Nevada Desert Experience will fast outside of Creech Air Force Base against U.S. drone strikes on Afghanistan and Pakistan over the Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 26-29.

After learning about the apparent assaults on civilians in those countries, the activists decided to fast as a way to show to the global community and the U.S. government they do not support the drone strikes.

According to an October 2009 New Yorker article "The Predator War" written by Jane Mayer, the Predator drones strikes continue at a fast pace -- "a rate of approximately one bombing a week."

The pilot program is housed at various military installations in the United States with Creech Air Force Base as the headquarters of the Air Force's Predator and Reaper "hunter-killer" UAV squadron, the 432nd Flight Wing.

Young Air Force pilots commute into the base everyday to fly the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), referred to as drones, to scout over Pakistan and Afghanistan and launch Hellfire missiles onto the region as part of a controversial C.I.A. targeted international killing program.

At times the drones have missed their intended targets, resulting in the deaths of innocent people including children.

The non-violent peace activists call for a stop to the U.S. drone strikes and call on the government to stop spending American tax dollars on C.I.A. classified covert drone programs.

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars and redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.

The group rejects foreign policies based on domination and aggression, and instead calls for policies based on diplomacy, compassion and a commitment to international law.

Nevada Desert Experience (NDE) is to stop nuclear weapons testing through a campaign of prayer, education, dialogue, and nonviolent direct action. NDE mobilizes people of faith to work toward nuclear abolition and nonviolent social change. We are committed to providing support for communal and personal renewal in the desert tradition.

Its immediate attention focuses on ending sub-critical tests and other war-making preparations at the Nevada Test Site and preventing the return of full scale nuclear testing.