PROJECT MEGIDDO

The attached analysis, entitled PROJECT MEGIDDO, is an FBI
strategic assessment of the potential for domestic terrorism in th
United States undertaken in anticipation of or response to the
arrival of the new millennium.
For over four thousand years, MEGIDDO, a hill in northern Israel, has been the site
of many battles. Ancient cities were established there to serve as a fortress on the
plain of Jezreel to guard a mountain pass. As Megiddo was built and rebuilt, one city
upon the other, a mound or hill was formed. The Hebrew word "Armageddon"
means "hill of Megiddo." In English, the word has come to represent battle itself.
The last book in the New Testament of the Bible designates Armageddon as the
assembly point in the apocalyptic setting of God's final and conclusive battle against
evil. The name "Megiddo" is an apt title for a project that analyzes those who believe
the year 2000 will usher in the end of the world and who are willing to perpetrate acts
of violence to bring that end about.