New US Senate proposal bans import on Iraq oil

The US Senate adopted a decision which bans the American oil companies from buying Iraqi oil. This proposal came in an amendment to the draft law on energy discussed by the Senate and approved by 88 votes and opposed by 10.
The proposal bans direct and non-direct importation of oil and oil by-products coming from Iraq, considering that this import is in contradiction with the national security and the US foreign interests.

This vote came after the Senate rejected the idea of drilling for oil and gas fields in natural protectorate in Alaska, an idea supported by the US President George Bush.