April 19, 2007 -- WMR has learned that a number of private military companies, some under Defense Department contracts in Iraq and elsewhere, are rife with a potpourri of neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen, Aryan supremacists, pagan Norse and Teutonic god worshipers, Dungeons and Dragons aficionados, and Christian Dominionists. Right-wing groups, including veterans of Latin American, southern African, and Asian paramilitary forces, are being recruited by these firms. Particularly needed are individuals trained in the use of Glock 19s, AK-47s, M-16s, M-4s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs), and shoulder-fired MANPADS (Man-portable air defense systems). Virginia Tech mass killer Cho Seung-Hui, in an 1800-word manifesto sent to NBC News, echoed some of the ramblings often heard from the neo-Nazi, Christian Identity, and Aryan movements. He used jargon such as "Democratic Terrorists," "Lovers of Terrorism and Sadism," "Crucifiers of the Innocents," "Apostles of Sin," and "descendants of Satan." Cho used the return address name, "A Ishmael" and he had the name "Ismael Ax" written in red ink on his arm. There is a possibility that Cho was referring to the Norse Ballad of Ismal. Ismal was a Norse warrior who slew twelve dragons.
The private military company culture uses an inordinate amount of Aryan-Teutonic-Celtic symbology in their names and logos, including knights, shields, castles, eagles, swords, bear claws, stags, lions, dragons, and Arthurian and Aryan mysticism.