66                                 U.S. MARINES IN THE PERSIAN GULF, 1990-1991


                                       Dcpaflment of Defense Photo (USMC) 08S3 9 91
The ruins of dcft~u: an iraqi self-prnpelled artillery gun at Al Jahrah, 26 February 1991,
is destroyed.

were angered by the amount of loot, taken from Kuwaiti homes and businesses,
which was evident in virtually every vehicle. One Marine, familiar with the
Koran, recalled the verses:

              As for the Paradise to come, it shall be theirs who
            seek neither glory in this world nor evil. The righteous
            shall have a blessed end.
              He that does good shall be rewarded with that which
            is better. But he that does evil shall be requited with
            evil.29

    On the   "Tigers"' right, the 6th Marines also had crossed the line of
departure at  1200.  The regiment had pushed its   combat service  support
detachment iflt() the ZOflC On G-Day, in order to keep supplied with fuel and
ammunition. Now it was used for a final refuel prior to the allack.2~ As the
Tiger Brigade began its movement north, the 6th Marines had to move quickly
to keep up with it. Once again, the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and the 2d
Battalion, 2d Marines, were on line in the attack, bypassing enemy groups to
be taken care of by the reserve battalion, the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines.221 The
regiment's advance brought it into a quarry area,  in which it encountered
several dug-in tanks. A section of Cobra gunships was assigned to the support
of each battalion, and was used to engage these targets. As the regiment
approached its objective, it destroyed self-propelled artillery pieces and tanks.
Several escaping Iraqi APCs were caught by the 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, at
the road junction and destr~yed with TOWs.222 Having secured the cloverleaf,
the regiment closed its section of the road as an escape route.
    The 8th Marines had the shortest distance to cover in its attack to its
objective on the road. As on the previous day, the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines,