<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Yasungulwa ngoMeyi 1976 nguVelupillai Prabhakaran, i-LTTE yayibandakanyeka ezingxabanweni ezihlomile ezibhekiswe kuhulumeni waseSri Lanka nasemabuthweni ahlomile. Ukucindezelwa kwamaTamil aseSri Lanka kwaqhubeka yizixuku zamaSinhalese, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuqothulwa kwabantu abangamaTamil ngo-1977 nokushiswa kweJaffna Public Library ngo-1981. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwamaTamil okwathatha isonto lonke ngoJulayi 1983 okwenziwa izixuku zamaSinhalese ezaziwa ngokuthi  <response>: NgoJulayi Omnyama, i-LTTE yaqala ukwanda kwezingxabano eziphikisanayo zaba ukuvukela ubuzwe okugcwele, okwaqala iMpi Yombango yaseSri Lanka. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-LTTE yayibhekwa kabanzi njengeqembu elinamandla kakhulu lamaTamil eSri Lanka futhi liphakathi kwamabutho amavukela mbuso esabekayo emhlabeni, ngenkathi isimo sikaPrabhakaran njengomlwi wamasosha wenkululeko saholela ekuqhathanisweni nomvukeli uChe Guevara ngabezindaba zomhlaba wonke, yize izenzo zikaPrabhakaran nazo zazibhekwa kabanzi njengobuphekula. 