independent Lebanon, a democratic Lebanon, with a good relationship with Syria.

This [language and criticism] is unbecoming of the president of Syria.

There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.

Lebanon should not remain an open battlefield against Israel and this state-within-state status should end.

Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.