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HTML

<div id="ie8works" ></div>
<div id="ie8broken" ></div>

CSS

html{
    background:grey;
}

#ie8works{
    height:500px;
    width:500px;
    background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Blank.gif") no-repeat, url("http://www.radiantinteractive.com/rs/images/MerkabaGlow.png") no-repeat;
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled='true',sizingMethod='scale',src='http://www.radiantinteractive.com/rs/images/MerkabaGlow.png');
}

#ie8broken{
    height:500px;
    width:500px;
    background:url("http://www.radiantinteractive.com/rs/images/MerkabaGlow.png") no-repeat;
 
}

JavaScript

$('#ie8works, #ie8broken').fadeTo('slow', 0.5);