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Annex I: List of Former DDS Directors and Agents Now in Leadership or Security Positions in Chad

As of February 2005:

Former Directors of the DDS under Hissène Habré

Saleh Younouss

Under Habré: Director of the DDS

Now: Assistant Director-General of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

M’Baikoubou Nestor

Under Habré: Interim Director of the DDS

Now: Prefect of Monts de Lam; Former Assistant Director of the GNNT (National Nomadic Guard of Chad)

Ahmat Allatchi

Under Habré: Director of the DDS

Now: Chief of Territorial Surveillance, Chari-Baguirmi Department; Divisional Police Commissioner

Former Commanders of the Special Rapid Action Brigade (BSIR) under Hissène Habré

Chah Allanga

Under Habré: Commander of the BSIR

Now: Commander of a Gendarmes Group

Oumar Souny

Under Habré: Commander of the BSIR

Now: Chadian National Army, on mission in eastern Chad;

Abderamane Yomdi Djarsia

Under Habré: Chief of the File Department, Chief of the Department of Human Resources of the BSIR

Now: Director of Military Engineering and Fire Department, Chadian National Army

Former Chiefs of DDS Departments under Hissène Habré

M’Bang Elinan Jeremie

Under Habré: Chief of the Formation and Recruitment Department of the DDS

Now: N’Djaména Coordinator of the National Security Agency

**Yaldé Samuel

Under Habré: Chief of the Formation and Recruitment Department, Chief of the Surveillance Department of the DDS

Now: Chief of Security, Agency of Aviation Security (ASECNA) of the International Airport of N’Djaména; Former agent of the National Security Agency

**Mahamat Djibrine, alias “El-Djonto”

Under Habré: Chief of Internal Security, Coordinator of Documentation of the DDS

Now: Chief of Staff of the Director-General of the National Police (withdrawn from the U.N. Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI))

Djadda El-Hadj Mallah

Under Habré: Officer of Investigations, Chief of the Terrorist Missions Department of the DDS

Now: Protocol Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration; Former Service Chief at the V.I.P. lounge of the International Airport of N’Djaména; Former Assistant Director of the Asia-Oceana Zone, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Abbas Abougrene

Under Habré: Chief of the Department of River Security of the DDS

Now: Director of Internal Security at the National Security Agency

Adoum Mahamat Moussa

Under Habré: Chief of Internal Security of the DDS

Now: Assistant Director of the National Security Agency for N’Djaména

Hisseine Chahadé

Under Habré: Chief of the Surveillance Department of the DDS

Now: Commander, serving in the Personnel department at the General Directorate of the National Guard; formerlyDeputy Commander of the Gendarmes for Chari-Bagiurmi Department

Abdelkader Hassan, alias “Rangers”

Under Habré: Chief of the Foreign Surveillance Department of the DDS

Now: Liaison officer with the Minister of Public Security; formerly with the Legislative Service, Ministry of Public Security and Immigration; Former Chief of Security for the Prime Minister, Former Security Attaché at the Ministry of Public Security and Immigration

Khalil Djibrine

Under Habré: Chief of Military and Exterior Liaisons of the DDS

Now: Prefect of Lac Department, Former Assistant Director of Finances of the Military Hardware Manufacturer (MANEM)

Moussa Outman

Under Habré: Chief of the Department of the Secretariat of the DDS, Chief of Security of the Interior of the DDS

Now: Chief of Personnel of the Intelligence Agency (Renseignements Généraux); Former Prefect of West Tandjile Department

**Warou Ali Fodou

Under Habré: Chief of River Security of the DDS

Now: Public Security Directorate

Ali Noukouri

Under Habré: Chief of the Security of the Interior Department of the DDS

Now: Police Commander (without position); Former Central Commissioner for the city of Bongor

Sheriff Haliki Haggar

Under Habré: Chief of the Security Department of the Airport of the DDS

Now: Principal Commander; Former Under-Prefect of Nokou Department

Darkou Ahmat Kalbassou

Under Habré: Joint Chief of the Internal Security Department of the DDS

Now: Member of the National Security Agency

Gamar Daouro

Under Habré: Deputy Chief of Internal Security of the DDS

Now: Chief of the Surveillance Department of Foreigners of the National Police

Zakaria Monone

Under Habré: Chief of the “Open Sources” department of the DDS

Now: Chief of a branch of the National Security Agency in Mani

Mahamat Djoung Djoung

Under Habré: Chief of the DDS in Mongo

Now: Division Chief and Coordinator of the National Security Agency in Moundou and Doba

Commander Abdallah Wagadé

Under Habré: Deputy Chief of the Surveillance Department of the DDS

Now: Comptroller in Chief of the Chadian National Army; Chief of the Arms Control Agency Division; former Executive Level of the Chadian National Army

Nodjinan Jerome

Under Habré: Deputy Chief of the Research Department, Security Officer for the DDS

Now: Deputy Commander, Urban Corps of Mondou; formerly Regional Director of the Police in Bol

Ahmat Dari

Under Habré: Commissioner of the DDS in the region of Moundou

Now: Deputy Director of the Department of Protection, Security and Defense at the Ministry of Defense

Mahamat Seid (Ali Yeg)

Under Habré: Chief of the Liaison and Surveillance Department of the DDS for the autonomous sector covering Walia, Agueli and Ngoumb

Now: Intelligence Agency (Renseignements Généraux), National Police

Agents of the Special Rapid Action Brigade (BSIR) of the DDS under Hissène Habré

Mahamat M’Bodou

Under Habré: Chief of the Intelligence Bureau of the BSIR

Now: Former Prefect of Lac Department detached to the Arms Control Agency

Sabre Ribe

Under Habré: Chief of the BSIR Secretariat

Now: Former Deputy Director of the National Gendarmerie

Issa Idriss

Under Habré: Agent of the BSIR

Now: Divisional Commissioner, Regional Director of the National Police for Lac Department (Bol)

Tolba

Under Habré: Warden of the “Locaux” detention center

Now: Warden of the N’Djaména Jail (Maison d’Arrêt); formerly Head of Security at the Central Courthouse (Palais de Justice)

Abdelaziz Philippe

Under Habré: Deputy Officer Attaché of the BSIR

Now: Manager of the Moundou Jail (Maison d’Arrêt)

Former Officers of the National Security Agency (Sûreté Nationale) under Hissène Habré

Nodjigoto Haunan

Under Habré: Director of National Security

Now: Colonel, Deputy National Coordinator for the Petroleum Zone, Former Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

Brahim Djidda

Under Habré: Director of National Security

Now: Former Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Security and Immigration, General Coordinator of the Police

Mahamat Wakaye

Under Habré: Deputy Director of National Security

Now: Director of the Judicial Police, Former General Coordinator of the Police; former Central Commissioner of the Police for N’Djaména

Touka Haliki

Under Habré: Director of the Judicial Police, Officer in the Intelligence Agency

Now: Former Inspector General of the National Police, Former Director of Police Services, General Coordinator of Police for Moundou

Others

Mahdjoub Djouma

Under Habré: Service Agent of River Security of the DDS

Now: Service Chief for N’Djaména, National Security Agency

Ngartorangal Ngaïdet

Under Habré: Deputy Director of the Intelligence Agency Department of the National Police

Now: Counselor of the Ministry of Public Security, Former Director-General of National Security

Ahmat Abakar Chemi

Under Habré: Deputy Chief of Security Services in Moundou

Now: Ministry of Territorial Administration; formerly Service Chief, Internal Security Service, Office of the President

Djaffi Assali

Under Habré: Deputy Chief of Liaison and Surveillance Services in the city of N’Djaména

Now: Director of Special Services at the National Gendarmerie

Fatimé Suzanne

Under Habré: Deputy Director of “shock force” in UNIR (Hissène Habré’s political party)

Now: Deputy Prefect of Koundoul; ex-Chief of the 5th District in N’Djaména

** Listed by the Truth Commission as among Habré’s “most feared torturers.”



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