Anwar Al-Jilani, one of eight suspects facing trial on charges of plotting to attack Western targets in Yemen, told a Sanaa court yesterday that he had planned a strike against the British Embassy at the behest of Al-Qaeda's Saudi branch. "I was entrusted by the brethren in Saudi Arabia to plan an operation against the British Embassy. We collected information, which we passed on to the brethren in Saudi Arabia," Jilani told the court. Jilani, a 20-year-old Iraqi who went on trial on March 21 has been described as the head of an eight-member cell suspected of membership in the terror network. The eight face charges of forming an armed gang to carry out attacks, forging passports and other documents, and possessing arms and explosives. Jilani insisted, however, that he never intended to carry out the attacks. "My task was limited to planning. Execution was up to the brethren in Saudi Arabia," he said.