Will Pope Benedict be the First Successor of Saint Peter to Visit Arabia?

I have been talking about this some as we see a couple of Leaders in the Gulf give invitation to Pope Benedict to visit the Gulf Region. Of course last week the Prime Minister of Iraq gave a invitation.

This is all pretty exciting when one thinks about it. Also for a Pope according to his critics that was damaging relations with Islam( The famous Papal Speech in Germany, the very Public Baptism of a Muslim at the Vatican on Holy Saturday etc etc) there seems to be movement.

Anyway Newsmax has an interesting article on this here at Pope Benedict to Visit Arabia?