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Silencing the Arab Spring with Co-opted
C ounterterrori sm
David Ferguson*
Introduction...................... ................1
I. The Fear of Terrorism in the United States and its
(Di s) Proporti onate E ffects ................. ......... 3
II. State Terrorism inE gypt, Saudi A rabia, and] ordan .... ........... 6
A . EGY PT .................................... 7
1. The 1992 Antiterrorism Law.................. 7
2. The Emergency Law ............................... 8
3. The 2015 A ntiterrorism Law.................. 9
B. SAUDIARABIA ...................... 15
1. The Arab Convention for the Suppression of
Terrorism ............................. 15
2. The Response to Terrorism after 2001 ..... ....... 16
3. The 2014 Antiterrorism Law......... ........ 20
C. JORDAN ............................ .... 24
1. The 2001 Antiterrorism Law......... ........ 24
2. The 2006 Antiterrorism Law......... ........ 25
3. The 2014 Antiterrorism Law......... ........ 29
Conclusion ...................................... 32
INTRODUCTION
Terrorism terrifies. Five years after the largest terrorist attack against
the United States, officials declared terrorism the greatest threat to national
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15779/Z38684S
* David Ferguson is a recent law graduate from the University of Utah. His
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