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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dream Host (www.dreamhost.com), the parent company of Web hosting provider New Dream network, was found hosting a website belonging to a Muslim radical leader and former Yemeni prisoner, according to report by the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The Web host hosted a site ran by Anwar al-Awlaki, who used the site to encourage Muslims to kill US troops in Iraq.
He also reportedly had contact with Nidal Hasan, the man suspected of killing 13 people and wouding 20 others at Fort Hood military base in Texas.
Since investigators did not find any threats or promotion of violence in the communications between Hasan and al-Awlaki, it did not launch any kind of formal investigation into Hasan.
The site was shut down Tuesday, and Dream Network declined to answer questions about al-Awlaki due to the company's customer privacy.
"We do work routinely with law enforcement on the local, national and international level in an expedient manner," New Dream Network said in a statement.
It is not uncommon for a Web host to unknowingly host a website that contains controversial, or even illegal content, due to their large customer base.
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