Daughters don't know where Saddam is

This picture combo from images released Friday by US Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida shows retouched photos of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Photo: AFP

Raghad Saddam Hussein and Rana Hussein, who received sanctuary a day earlier in Jordan, appeared relaxed as they spoke with CNN and the Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya at a royal palace in Amman, where they are staying with their nine children.

The two daughters had lived private lives and were seen by some as victims of Saddam, who ordered their husbands killed in 1996.

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They described tearfully leaving Baghdad for a house on its outskirts the day the capital fell to coalition forces on April 9.

"The farewell moments were terrible," Raghad told Al-Arabiya.

The sisters were poised but appeared to choke up somewhat as they talked about their family.