NY City blocks are locked & loaded

New York City police geared up.

Call it the fortress of steel.

When the murderous 9/11 Gang of Five finally lands in New York for trial, they'll face an impenetrable wall of security -- with five times the normal number of US marshals flooding lower Manhattan and a ring of marksmen watching their every move, sources said yesterday.

National Guardsmen will be placed at major transportation hubs while the NYPD will close off subway entrances near the federal courthouse and intensify bag searches throughout the system, the sources said.

Marshals will be shipped in from out of town and snipers placed on roofs nearby the courthouse, where a death-penalty trial is likely.

Nearby streets will be shut off to motor vehicles in all directions.

One source described the likely cost of all the extra measures as "tremendous."

When the Islamist fanatics behind the plot that left 3,000 Americans dead are moved from their cages in Guantanamo Bay to the Big Apple -- which could be as soon as a month from now -- they will likely arrive by private plane, sources said.

Bound, gagged and blindfolded, mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his crew will get their first taste of American justice when they land in the middle of the night at Stewart Airport, outside Newburgh.

Read more at the New York Post

In a courtroom drawing reviewed by the US military, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, top, Walid Bin Attash, center, and Ramzi Bin al Shibh attend a pre-trial hearing on charges related to the 9/11 attacks in Camp Justice on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks told a military judge Monday that they want to immediately confess at their war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, setting up likely guilty pleas and their possible executions.

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Quote of the Day:

There are many things you can do to fortify your home against an invasion of Islamic Radical Fundamental International Murderous Terrorist Jihadists. But one of the simplest of course is to own some guns and train your entire family to use them. -- Lance Winslow