Dozens of US, French and Italian peacekeepers were involved in the operation, which began at about 10 am local time with soldiers taking positions around Sonja Karadzic's home in the Bosnian Serb wartime stronghold of Pale, located about 16 km southeast of Sarajevo.
Operacija, u kojoj je učestvovalo više desetina američkih, francuskih i italijanskih vojnika, je počela oko 10 časova po lokalnom vremenu raspoređivanjem snaga SFOR-a oko kuće Sonje Karadžić na Palama, bivšeg ratnog uporišta bosanskih Srba, oko 16 kilometara jugoistočno od Sarajeva.