According to this report:

Iraqi deserters and civilians are flooding out of Baghdad by the busload on Thursday and surrendering to U.S. forces advancing on the Iraqi capital, said a U.S. television reporter traveling with Marines.



"There are so many people on the road now that it's impossible to further conduct military operations and so our unit has stopped now and set up a hasty prisoner of war compound," said ABC correspondent Mike Cerre.

Reporting from central Iraq, south of Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division, Cerre said U.S. support aircraft had counted more than 60 buses filled with Iraqis fleeing Baghdad.

"What is stopping us now is the flood of deserters and civilians, on buses, trucks, taxicabs and whatever they can catch a ride on, trying to make their way south to their families or American forces to surrender" he said.

ABC showed grainy television footage of scores of Iraqis walking toward U.S. forces with their hands up. The footage also showed several large touring buses on the road.