From the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sun, Britain's best selling daily tabloid, reported that Aziz had told his US interrogators that he was willing to tell all if he could have a new identity and was allowed to move to Britain.
Quoting an unnamed "insider", the Sun said Aziz feared being executed by Iraqis or being detained by US authorities.
A spokeswoman for Britain's Home Office said: "It is ridiculous to suggest asylum will be granted to an individual who has been involved in activities that have abused the human rights of others".
Governments normally have to consider all asylum applications but the 1951 Refugee Convention makes an exception of war criminals.
"We do not have to consider it," the Home Office spokeswoman said, as US officials questioned Aziz, looking for clues to the fate of toppled Iraqi president Saddam.