two hours before the patrol reached the mountain pass, omar khattab was alerted and phoned local militant commanders zabihullah mujahed and khalid farooqi for support, as he began making plans for the attack. this advance warning raised suspicions that afghan translators, who had deserted at camp tora, had leaked information, either voluntarily or under coercion; this was later denied both by the french army and by the guerrilla, who claimed that they had lookouts and guarded weapon caches in the sector.