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To: American Spirit who wrote (1241)	11/19/2003 3:50:23 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

051, Dean's brother was a civilian tourist, traveling around the world when he was killed in Laos. He wasn't even in the military. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 19, 2003 Washington - Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said yesterday that the search for the long-lost remains of his younger brother may be over with the discovery of bones and other items buried in a Laotian rice field. Charles Dean has been missing since 1974, when the 24-year-old University of North Carolina graduate was traveling through southeast Asia with an Australian companion, Neil Sharman. A joint U.S.-Laotian team discovered remains earlier this month in Bolikhamxai Province in central Laos, said Larry Greer, spokesman for the Pentagon office in charge of POW and MIA issues. The remains have not been positively identified, but Dean said his family is confident they belong to his brother because of personal items found at the site. Howard Dean visited the location last year to push for excavation. He said the discovery would be painful not only for him, his mother and his two surviving brothers, but for families of every POW and MIA. "We greet this news with mixed emotions, but we are gratified we are now approaching closure," Dean told reporters in New Hampshire. Charles Dean graduated from North Carolina in 1972 and worked on the anti-war campaign of Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. After the election, Dean decided to travel around the world. He left New York for Seattle, then traveled by freighter from Seattle to Japan. He later went on to Australia, where he lived on a ranch for nine months. He and Sharman took off for Southeast Asia and were arrested by the communist Pathet Lao on Sept. 4, 1974, during a trip down the Mekong River in Laos. They apparently were suspected of being spies, although the U.S. and Australian governments said they were merely tourists and strongly protested their detention. The two men were held in a small, remote prison camp for three months before they were believed to have been executed on Dec. 14 while driving toward Vietnam with their captors.

To: American Spirit who wrote (1241)	11/19/2003 3:51:41 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 90947

KIA 1974 Charlie Dean was a civilian if I'm not mistaken. I believe he was vacationing in Laos when he was captured and killed.

To: American Spirit who wrote (1241)	11/19/2003 3:54:43 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

you really WILL just say anything. astonishing.

To: American Spirit who wrote (1241)	11/19/2003 3:57:01 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Just yesterday Howard Dean's brother's body was found. KIA 1974. Wow. The shear stupidity of your posts continues to grow. Dean's brother was a civilian tourist, traveling down the Mekong River in Laos along with an Australian friend, when they were both arrested by the Pathet Lao. They were held for three months and, according to the reports, executed in December 1974. He was NOT "KIA" and we were not at war with Laos, much less North Vietnam. Try again... or perhaps I should say "lie again."