Original sentence: After the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion in the fifth season of DS9, it was revealed that the Maquis and their colony planets were all but eliminated by Dominion forces
Edited sentence: After the Cardassian Union joined the Dominion in the fifth season of DS9, it was revealed that the Maquis and their colony planets were all but eliminated by Dominion forces, as evidenced in the following statement by the Cardassian Gul Dukat: