Interesting ... wish had seen that article. Wonder if bunker busters would suffice to have the same affect? Could see where nukes would do the job of inhalation but if bunker busters would have the same affect and the effects would be similar would like that also. Will search for the article mentioned. Thanks!
The latest incarnation of MOAB would do the blast effects (but has the draw back of being too slow to deliver - dropped out of the back of a C7), but not the important radiation effect. Which muslim would pray five times a day to radioactive glassy site, knowing that allah could not prevent it? The humiliation factor alone would make them run from Islam.