The lighting would turn on at sunset (New York City time) on August 15 on the spire of the One World Trade Center, One Bryant Park, and One Five One and remain lit until 2 a.m. the next day.
The militants are ever so up and about and whether the government in Kabul can be left to its own devices to rein them in remains improbable.
No casualties have been reported so far, authorities said.
The five will be the first to go on trial in the military commissions established to handle the "War on Terror" detainees captured and sent to Guantanamo after September 11, 2001 attacks that left 2,976 people dead in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
The marriage was confirmed by Osama bin Laden's half-brothers Ahmad and Hassan al-Attas
