Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - LTTE ta 1980s ta yi aiki a cikin hare-hare da yawa a kan 'yan sanda da sojoji. A ranar 23 ga Yuli 1983, LTTE ta yi kwanton bauna a kan rundunar soja kuma ta kashe sojojin Sri Lanka 13 a Thirunelveli, Sri Lanka. A matsayin martani ga wannan shi ne daya daga cikin mafi munin gwamnatin da aka tallafa wa rikicin Tamil.
(abin da aka sani da "Black Yuli") wanda ya haifar da lalata gidajen Tamil da shaguna da mutuwar daruruwan 'yan Tamil da kuma sanya' yan Tamil sama da 150,000 marasa gida.