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When you take the belt off, check all the pulleys, idlers, anything that the belt turns, I've seen the oil pump seize up and strip a belt on a Subaru 1.8 before, everything shold spin fairly easy (besides the crank and camshafts), the oil pump and water pump won't spin like an idler, but shouldn't take much effort to turn them.
If one of the front seals are leaking it could have contaminated the timing belt making it more prone to striping, so replace them while you're in there if they're leaking.
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Huck
Subaru Ambassador
92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 
88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge"
15 Impreza Premium Sedan
15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed
My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up
1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula
Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70"
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