Then midseason, CBS adds Swingtown, a series about 1970s wife sappers from Big Love director Alan Poul.

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There is, incidentally, a unit of Estonian sappers now serving with the international peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Moscow's Afghan war: The sapper's story

Colin Duffy and Brian Shivers deny murdering Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, at Massereene Army base.

BBC: Patrick Azimkar (left) and Mark Quinsey

Colin Duffy, 43, from Lurgan and Brian Shivers, 45, from Magherafelt will stand trial for the murders of Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey.

BBC: Pair to face Massereene murder trial

Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, were shot by the Real IRA outside Massereene army base in 2009.

BBC: Real IRA murders: Brian Shivers faces Massereene retrial

The 38 Engineer Regiment attacked at the weekend had arrived at Antrim barracks last summer and until this week sappers and their wives were easily recognisable in nearby supermarkets.

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