.ly domain reseller suspended by SoftLayer citing US/UN Sanctions

My contact at libyanspider.com has informed me that his hosting and DNS service at SoftLayer.com has been shut down citing UN/US/ Presidential Order of sanctions against Libya.

Some ~12,000 sites owned by ~5000 Libyan and International customers are offline or unreachable, 20 employees out of work.

LibyanSpider is the largest reseller I think of .ly domains. They also offer other DNS and internet services.

Softlayer was kind enough to add "Best of luck in your future endeavors." to their notice before even shutting off his support system account. *wince

[quote] Unfortunately, your account has been reclaimed due OFAC violations. With the current situation abroad and subsequent changes to the list, your account has been deactivated immediately.

OFAC: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx

Best of luck in your future endeavors,

SoftLayer Accounting [/quote]

If anyone has a contact at the NYTimes/Washington Post or similar, I have some more details I was asked to share with a responsible journalist.

ping me @strebel PS: this has no affect on our service at page.ly, but I feel for the guy, a small business owner, getting caught up in geo-politics.