Original sentence: " The United States, the EU and the UN have stopped short of any accusations, choosing instead to demand a Syrian pullout from Lebanon and an open and international investigation of the Assassination.: The Lebanese government has agreed to this inquiry, though calling for the full participation, not supremacy, of its own agencies and the respect of Lebanese sovereignty.He was a supporter of Syria after the war but switched sides after the death of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in 2000.He was quoted as saying "When I heard him telling us those words, I knew that it was his condemnation of death.His account is quoted, but not confirmed, in the UN's Fitzgerald Report.Jumblatt's comments are not without controversy; the BBC describes him as "being seen by many as as the country's political weathervane" - consistently changing allegiances to emerge on the winning side of the issues de jour through the turmoil of the 1975-90 civil war and its troubled aftermath.Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a recent recruit of the anti-Syrian opposition, emboldened by popular anger and civic action now being called Lebanon's "Cedar Spring," alleged in the wake of the assassination that in August 2004 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threatened Hariri, saying "[President of Lebanon] Lahoud is me.The report stops short of directly accusing Damascus or any other party, saying that only a further thorough international inquest can identify the culprit
Edited sentence: " A similar account is given in the UN's Fitzgerald Report.After Hariri's assassination, Jumblatt reported that a shaken Hariri had told him months before that he was personally threatened by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a 15-minute meeting in the Syrian capital Damascus in August 2004: "[President of Lebanon]  Lahoud is me.Jumblatt said "When I heard him telling us those words, I knew that it was his condemnation of death