Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti was an Iraqi military officer under Saddam Hussein 's deposed regime , and he was Saddam 's bodyguard .
Simplified: Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti was an Iraqi military officer under Saddam Hussein 's deposed regime .