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Mystery over UK airbase scare after reports no explosives found (www.yahoo.com)
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[โ€“] bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also stealing from the military's supplies to sell on the open market is a longstanding racket in many countries, like Russia but not limited to there at all.

[โ€“] davetortoise@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

That's not common in the UK as far as I'm aware. More likely they were stealing reserves which ordinary people were keeping in sheds and barns, which is fairly common.