English-Danish translations for cannon fodder

kanonfødeVi fik for nylig beskrevet det afghanske politi som stort set kanonføde for Taliban. The Afghan police were described to us recently as basically cannon fodder for the Taliban. Børnene er blevet nævnt; ja, i begge lejre bruges børnene i Sudan til slaveri, indrulleres som soldater eller - for at sige det rent ud - anvendes som kanonføde. I have mentioned children: yes, in the two camps children are made use of in Sudan, to reduce them to slavery, or to turn them into soldiers or, simply, cannon fodder.

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