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Good *cough* Cause

At least they are using their own money for this trash:

Religious leaders will condemn the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers in a new television commercial set to begin running on Arab networks next Tuesday.

The ad, in English with Arabic subtitles, is sponsored by FaithfulAmerica.org, which bills itself as "an online wing of a powerful new progressive faith movement."

The ad expresses "deep sorrow" at alleged abuses committed by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison.

"We stand in solidarity with all those in Iraq and everywhere who demand justice and human dignity. We condemn the sinful and systemic abuses committed in our name, and pledge to work to right these wrongs," the ad says.

The 30-second commercial is a compilation of phrases spoken by several people: the Rev. Don Shriver, president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York; Imam Feisal Abdur Rauf, president of the American Sufi Muslim Association; Sister Betty Obal, a nun with the Sisters of Loretto; and Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia.

The ad will air on the Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya networks in a modest $20,000 buy. How long it runs depends on how much money the group raises.