There's a freeper alaa whom, as far as I can tell, is a blogger from Mesopotamia.
Scroll down a little way to "AHLAN WA SAHLAN; GWB". That's the first place I've seen that quote, but there was a thread about it here awhile back. Haven't turned up anything in a search here or on Google (except the above).
Thanks for the response.
I did a search, too, when I saw your post address. I suppose one has to be registered here for the name to show up in an address.