Let me count the ways...a compendium of Quotes on the Illegal Occupation of Lebanon

We now have a coalition against the illegal occupation of Lebanon.

The US, France, The UK, Germany, Russia, Mauritania, Arab League, Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Algeria...and more to come.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=AJSMZQW3LWR0VQFIQMFCNAGAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/03/03/usyria.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/03/ixportaltop.html
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said: "Syria should withdraw from Lebanon, but we all have to make sure that this withdrawal does not violate the very fragile balance which we still have in Lebanon, which is a very difficult country ethnically."

Germany's Gerhard Schöder has joined calls for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon. The German chancellor, who is visiting Yemen, said: "Lebanon should be given an opportunity for sovereignty and development and this can only be achieved by compliance with Security Council resolutions."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3828-2005Mar3_2.html
Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal called on Syria to implement the Taif agreement "according to a sensible timetable."

"We have to contain, with all our capabilities, the existing big problems and to shift the current situation into a safer position," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said. "No doubt the Taif agreement has its own role in solving the problem at this stage."

There, Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad told reporters that a means must be found for "marrying the Taif agreement with the Security Council resolution" passed last year calling for all foreign forces to leave Lebanon. "We are working on it," he said. "The aim is easing the pressure off Syria."

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kerbi expressed sorrow over Hariri's death and hope that "our brothers in Lebanon will overcome this predicament and unify their ranks in a way that will guarantee the safety, security, unity and stability of Lebanon." "Undoubtedly, the wisdom in which Syria is dealing with these developments will enable Lebanon and Syria to maintain their special historic relationship," said al-Kerbi, acting as chairman for the meeting.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050303/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arabs_syria
CAIRO, Egypt - Saudi officials told Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday that he must fully withdraw troops from Lebanon and begin soon or face strains in Saudi-Syrian ties. Assad promised only to study the idea of a partial withdrawal by later this month. The kingdom took a tough line as Assad met with the Saudi leader, Crown Prince Abdullah, and other officials in Riyadh. So far, Damascus has resisted Arab pressure for a quick pullout from Lebanon. Saudi officials told Assad the kingdom insists on the full withdrawal of all Syrian military and intelligence forces from Lebanon and wants it to start "soon," according to a Saudi official who spoke by telephone from Riyadh.

http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-boot3mar03,0,2094258.column?coll=la-home-utilities
"It's strange for me to say it," says Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, who would never be mistaken for a Bush backer, "but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq."

"Now with the new Bush administration," confirms former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, "we feel a stronger determination in liberating Lebanon and in promoting democracy in the Middle East."

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050303/D88JL7G00.html
Saudis to Syria: Withdraw From Lebanon, By SALAH NASRAWI
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Saudi officials told Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday that he must soon begin fully withdrawing troops from Lebanon or face strains in Saudi-Syrian ties, an official said. Assad promised only to study the idea of a partial withdrawal by later this month. The kingdom took a tough line as Assad met with the Saudi leader, Crown Prince Abdullah, and other officials in Riyadh. The strong language pointed to increasing impatience among Arab leaders with Damascus' resistance to calling a quick pullout. Saudi officials told Assad the kingdom insists on the full withdrawal of all Syria's 15,000 troops and intelligence forces from Lebanon and wants it to start "soon," a Saudi official said on condition of anonymity. Assad said he would study the possibility of a partial withdrawal before an Arab summit scheduled March 23 in Algeria and said he is doing all he can to resolve the problem but that not everything is up to him, the official said. The Saudis replied that the situation was his problem and warned that if Damascus refuses to comply, it would lead to tensions in Saudi-Syrian ties, the official told The Associated Press, speaking by phone from Riyadh. Damage in those relations would deepen Syria's isolation after its traditional allies Russia and France joined the United States and United Nations in demanding a full pullout. Saudi Arabia, a close ally of Washington, often presents Syria's point of view to U.S. officials. In a further sign of impatience, the Saudis rejected a Syrian request that the upcoming summit officially ask Damascus to withdraw its forces, which would give any pullback an Arab endorsement, the official said. Saudi Arabia is also said to be angry with Damascus over the Feb. 14 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who also held Saudi citizenship and was close to the Saudi royal family. The Lebanese opposition has blamed Syria of involvement in the killing - an accusation Damascus denies - and has launched a series of protests that on Monday forced out Lebanon's pro-Syrian government. During a flurry of behind-the-scenes diplomacy in recent days, Syria told Arab countries it needs to keep 3,000 troops in Lebanon "for the time being" - without giving a timetable - and to keep "early monitoring stations" in eastern Lebanon, an Arab diplomat in Cairo said Thursday. Saudi Arabia and Egypt consider such Syrian terms unworkable, the Arab diplomat said. The Syrian army already operates radar stations in Dahr el-Baidar, on mountain tops bordering Syria. Israeli warplanes have attacked the sites in the past. The Syrians also have said they want a new, broader arrangement - including resuming peace talks with Israel - as part of any troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Syria wants Israelis to leave the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau they captured in the 1967 Mideast war. While diplomats in private pressed Damascus to work quickly, Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Thursday publicly called on Damascus to follow through on the 1989 Taif accord, which calls for a redeployment of the Syrian forces to the border and eventually a full withdrawal. But they did not set a timetable. "We all agreed to demand the implementation of the Taif Accord with respect to international legitimacy," Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem told reporters after the league meeting. Under growing pressure, Damascus said last month it was willing to carry out the Taif accord and promised to move troops closer to its border, but hasn't yet done so. Assad has given varying estimates for the timing of a withdrawal, from less than two months to at least a year or not until Mideast peace is achieved. Assad told Time magazine that the troops would be out "maybe in the next few months. Not after that." In a separate interview published Monday in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Assad said withdrawal would require "serious guarantees. In one word: peace." The troops were originally deployed during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war - ostensibly as peacekeepers - and Syria has held sway over Lebanese politics ever since. Notably absent from the Arab League meeting in Cairo were Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Sharaa and his Lebanese counterpart, Mahmoud Hammoud, who serves in a caretaker role with the rest of the pro-Syrian Lebanese government that resigned Monday. The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, stopped by the Arab League but did not stay for the full meeting, heading instead to the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheik to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A wave of anti-Syrian protests began at the funeral of former premier Rafik Hariri, whose Feb. 14 assassination was widely blamed on Syria and the Damascus-allied Lebanese government. Both governments deny any role. The protests continued - larger, louder and bolder - until the Lebanese government resigned. Far fewer people have kept up the peaceful "independence uprising" in the past few days, shifting attention to political maneuvering.