<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Eyasungulwa ngo-1976, i-LTTE yaduma kakhulu ngo-1983 ngemva kokuba ibambise i-patrol yebutho laseSri Lanka ngaphandle kwaseJaffna, okwaholela ekufeni kwamasosha angu-13. Le nhlekelele, kanye nokuqothulwa kwabantu okwalandela  <response>: okwaholela ekufeni kwezinkulungwane zezakhamuzi zaseTamil, ngokuvamile kubhekwa njengesiqalo seMpi Yombango yaseSri Lanka. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi yokulwa, kuhlanganise nokungenelela kwe-Indian Army IPKF, le mpi yamiswa ngemva kokulamula kwamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2001. Ngalesosikhathi, i-LTTE, eyaziwa ngokuthi amaTamil Tigers, yayilawula izindawo ezinkulu enyakatho nasempumalanga yezwe, iphethe umbuso ngokoqobo noPrabhakaran njengomholi wayo. Izingxoxo zokuthula zagcina zihlulekile, futhi iButho LaseSri Lanka laqala umkhankaso wezempi wokunqoba i-LTTE ngo-2006. 