Ramadi insurgent leader captured 

Second Brigade Combat Team Soldiers from Task Force 2-69 Armor captured a high-level insurgent leader while conducting combat patrols in eastern Ramadi, early Saturday morning.Majid Adnon Swedowi and five other individuals where captured when the patrol conducted a hasty cordon and search on a suspected home harboring the insurgent leader.Majid was the head of an insurgent network in Ramadi that conducted attacks against Coalition Forces which included emplacing improvised explosive devices (IED’s) in and around the city. He was also involved in kidnapping and extortion.“Great teamwork throughout the 2nd BCT led to this successful raid,” said the commander of TF 2-69 Lt. Col. Robert R. Roggeman. “Capt. Roy Bolar and his ‘Dealer’ Company did a great job executing this mission on such a short notice. Intelligence driven operations continue to degrade the enemy’s ability to disrupt the democratic process here in Ar Ramadi.He is the second high level insurgent leader captured by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in the past week; Issa Daham Abed Al-Julilbawi was captured Nov. 1 in western Ramadi. Majid Adnon Swedowi remains in the custody of Coalition Forces. There were no casualties during the capture of this high level insurgent leader.