While the United States governed Iraq, no U.S. citizen working as an armed guard could be classified as a mercenary because he was a national of a Party to the conflict (APGC77 Art 47.d).
Mentres os Estados Unidos gobernaron o país, ningún cidadán estadounidense que traballara coma garda armado podía ser considerado mercenario, porque eran nacionais dunha das partes en conflito (APGC77, artigo 47.d).