By the middle of the 18th century, French colonialists set up base Diyou Ken fort.

18世纪中叶，法国殖民者在此建立据点迪尤肯堡。

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The last successful invaders were French colonialists, who used Tafraoute as their headquarters.

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Mr Thach said that America's intervention in Vietnam was now in the past: and the Americans, unlike the French, were not colonialists.

ECONOMIST: Nguyen Co Thach