Group: Four Iraqis Carried Out Bombings

Hotel and government workers move debris from the Philadelphia ballroom of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman, Jordan, Thursday Nov.10, 2005, after a bomb detonated during a wedding reception in the ballroom Wednesday night. Al-Qaida issued an Internet claim of responsibility Thursday for three suicide bomb attacks on three Western hotels in Jordan that killed at least 56 people, linking the deadly blasts to the war in Iraq and calling Amman the "backyard garden" for U.S. operations. (AP Photo/Jim Korpi) (Jim Korpi - AP)

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A Web statement Friday in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq claimed the deadly hotel bombings in Jordan were carried out by four Iraqis, including a man and his wife.

"All of these are Iraqis from the land between the two rivers," the statement said, alluding to Iraq's ancient name, Mesopotamia. "They vowed to die and they chose the shortest route to receive the blessings of God."

The statement could not be authenticated, but it appeared on a site which has included past al-Qaida statements and was signed in the name of the group's spokesman, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi.