Three Red Cross humanitarian workers are still being held captive and a promise to release one if government forces backed off appears it will go unfulfilled. Swiss Andreas Notter, Italian Eugenio Vagni, and Filipina Mary Jean Lacaba are all still being held after their kidnapping while on a humanitarian mission January 15.
Richard Gordon, Philippine National Red Cross Chairman, who is also a senator, has spoken out about how the situation is being handled. A botched rescue attempt last week resulted in three marine deaths, left 19 soldiers wounded, killed only 2 of the kidnappers, and almost resulted in mass beheadings.
Top government officials are expected to meet early this week to discuss what to do next. Abu Sayyaf, despite being the smallest militant group in the Philippines, they are considered the most radical and have been accused of the February 2004 ferry bombing in Manila.
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