Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa shi a 1976, LTTE ya yi fice sosai a 1983 bayan da ya yi kwanton bauna a kan rundunar sojojin Sri Lanka a wajen Jaffna, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar sojoji 13. Wannan kwanton bauna, tare da kashe-kashen da ya biyo baya
wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar dubban fararen hula na Tamil, galibi ana ɗaukarsa farkon yakin basasa na Sri Lanka. Bayan shekaru na fada, gami da sa hannun Sojojin Indiya (IPKF), an dakatar da rikicin bayan sasantawar kasa da kasa a 2001. A lokacin, LTTE, wanda aka san shi da Tigers na Tamil, ya mallaki manyan yankuna a arewa da gabashin kasar, yana gudanar da jihar "a zahiri" tare da Prabhakaran a matsayin shugabanta. Tattaunawar zaman lafiya daga karshe ta rushe, kuma Sojojin Sri Lanka sun kaddamar da yakin soja don kayar da LTTE a shekara ta 2006.