The situation was quickly clarified.
Due to the US Army's temporary military operations in the direction of Ramadi, surrounding and eliminating an armed organization entrenched in that region, this area was to be temporarily closed, prohibiting entry and exit.
The cook had no choice but to order everyone to stand by where they were.
But unexpectedly, this wait turned into four hours.
By nearly one o'clock in the afternoon, the queue of vehicles on the highway got longer and longer, but there was no sign of the checkpoint letting anyone through.
It was then that the cook began to feel a sense of urgency.
"What's going on?! Haven't they finished fighting yet?!"
Looking around, the cook suddenly felt the pressure.
Because all around them were cars and people, jamming the entire highway so tight that nothing could pass through.
Most of them were poor civilians, and there were some military personnel among them.