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The group told the BBC the aim of the attack was to stop American interference in Pakistan.
The group is based in Pakistan's tribal areas and connected to leading militant Baitullah Mehsud.
The suicide bomb devastated the hotel, killing at least 53 people and injuring more than 266.
'Muslim interests'
The BBC Urdu service in Islamabad received a call from the Fidayeen-e-Islam group which gave instructions to call another number. That number played out a recorded message in English.
It said the aim of the Marriott attack was to kick "American crusaders" out of Pakistan and stop them interfering in the government, the military, the media, as well as security, religious and other institutions in Pakistan.
It also said that some 250 US marines had been killed in the attack, together with many officials from Nato and other countries involved in attacks on Muslim interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
However, almost all of the dead were Pakistanis. The Czech ambassador to Pakistan, one Vietnamese, a German and an American were among the dead, with an American and a Danish intelligence officer missing, presumed dead.
In other developments, it was reported that Pakistani troops fired on US helicopters that violated Pakistani airspace near the border with Afghanistan on Sunday night.
Tensions between the US and Pakistan have risen in recent weeks amid US accusations that Pakistan is not doing enough to combat Taleban militants in the region.
And in Peshawar, capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, an Afghan diplomat was kidnapped and his driver killed, reports said.
Taleban suspects
The heavily guarded Islamabad Marriott was attacked at about 2000 (1500 GMT) on Saturday.
CCTV footage of the moments before the blast show a six-wheeler lorry ramming the security barrier at the hotel gate.
The bomb - believed to have been detonated in the lorry - left a six-metre (20ft) crater.
Residents of Islamabad have told the BBC there is now a climate of fear in the city with people too scared to go out.
The blast has prompted British Airways to cancel some flights to Pakistan "in light of the security situation".
The Marriott was the most prestigious hotel in the capital, located near government buildings and diplomatic missions. It was popular with foreigners and the Pakistani elite.
The hotel has previously been the target of militants. Last year, a suicide bomber killed himself and one other in an attack at the hotel.
The BBC's Barbara Plett, in Islamabad, says the latest attack might have been retaliation for army bombardments of suspected Taleban targets with jet fighters.
Earlier on Monday, Pakistan's government said it would take targeted action against the militants, promising raids in some "hotspots" near the border with Afghanistan.
Away from Islamabad, troops reportedly forced US helicopters out of Pakistani airspace in the tribal area of North Waziristan.
Our correspondent says that following a series of US raids on Pakistani territory earlier this month the military said that it reserved the right to retaliate, with a series of warning shots the standard procedure.
In Peshawar, Afghan consul Abdul Khaliq Farahi was in a car in a city suburb when it was attacked by six unidentified men, officials say. His driver died in the attack.
(BBC)
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