The father of movie star Mel Gibson minimized the Holocaust and denied that the Al Qaeda terrorist network was behind the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. In a New York Times Magazine article about the actor’s upcoming movie on the crucifixion of Jesus, Hutton Gibson denied that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, describing it as logistically impossible.
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