According to the draft version, "one witness of Syrian origin but resident in Lebanon, who claims to have worked for the Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, stated that approximately two weeks after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1559, Maher Al Assad, Assef Shawkat, Hassan Khalil, Bahjat Suleyman and Jamil Al Sayyed decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri."
根据草案版本，“一名住在黎巴嫩的叙利亚裔人自称，他在黎巴嫩为叙利亚情报部门工作，他供认在联合国安理会第1559号决议通过大约两周后，马希尔·阿萨德、阿塞夫·肖卡特、哈桑·哈利勒、巴赫贾特·苏莱曼和贾米勒·赛义德决定暗杀拉菲克·哈里里”。