Raghad Saddam Hussein has praised Donald Trump

Saddam Hussein's daughter has praised Donald Trump for his 'high level of political sensibility' and his opposition to the war in Iraq.

'This man has just arrived to the leadership ... But from what is apparent, this man has a high level of political sensibility, that is vastly different than the one who preceded him,' Raghad Saddam Hussein told CNN in her first interview since her father's death ten years ago.

The 48-year-old, who now lives in Jordan after fleeing Iraq in 2003, also welcomed the President-elect's opposition to the Iraq war.

She said: 'He exposed the mistakes of the others, specifically in terms of Iraq, which means he is very aware of the mistakes made in Iraq and what happened to my father.'

During his presidential campaign, Trump said he opposed the Iraq war, but he was previously supportive of the invasion in interviews before and after the conflict.

During his presidential campaign, Trump (pictured at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday) said he opposed the Iraq war

Saddam Hussein helps his daughter, Raghad, during a visit with family friends on the outskirts of Baghdad in this undated family photo

Trump has also said that while Saddam Hussein 'was a bad guy,' he supported his efficient killing of 'terrorists'.

Raghad said she blames the US for the chaos that still blighting Iraq, hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will be different from his predecessors, including then-president George W. Bush.

Bush claimed that Saddam's execution in December 2006 'would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.'

However, following his death, Iraq descended into an decade of sectarianism and violence.

Raghad said she was 'proud' of the way her father died, when he declined to wear a hood a he was hung for crimes against humanity on December 30, 2006.

Raghad poses with her husband, Hussain Kamel, who was killed by Saddam Hussein's men when the couple returned to Iraq in 1996

'The details of his death are ugly and painful, but it's an honorable death,' she said.

'I don't think he would have gone in a death smaller than this. It was a death that brought pride to me, my children, my sisters and their children, to all those who love him and have a place for him in their heart.'

Raghad also spoke about her relationship with her father, whose men were responsible for her husband's death.

She married Hussein Kamel, a high-ranking military official who oversaw Iraq's buildup of missiles at the age of 15, while her sister Rana was married to his brother.

Saddam Hussein, centre, poses with his family in Baghdad. His daughter Raghad is pictured top left, and his wife with his wife Sajida Toulfah is to his left. His son Uday, killed in July 2003, stands behind him

Raghad Hussein is pictured here during an interview with the Al-Arabia station at a palace of Jordan's King Abdullah on August 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan

In 1995 they defected to Amman, Jordan, but less than a year later, Saddam Hussein convinced them to return to Iraq.

Saddam Hussein speaks during the Anfal genocide trial in Baghdad in 2006

The Iraqi leader had promised them amnesty, but upon their their return, he ordered the men to divorce his daughters before having them killed.

'It was a very difficult time for me. I found myself stuck between two families, my father and brothers on one side, and my husband and children on the other,' Raghad said.

'I know this is hard for a normal family to understand. But all families of rulers are not average people and sometimes it's hard to understand the complexity of their lives.'

Raghad became known for her impassioned defence of Saddam, appearing on television inviting the world's press into her home as she continued to defend her father - the man who, just seven years before, had had her husband killed.