However, if they happened to lose a section of a force in any of the branches, they could still continue the overall mission because of the overlapping powers. The pyramidal leadership structure of each branch worked in such a way that, when together, all military operations went smoothly. The LTTE were the first terrorist organization to successfully form a fully functioning military. The military consisted of a ground force known as the Tigers, a naval force called the Sea Tigers, and an airborne group, similar to an Air Force, called the Air Tigers. This distribution of power set the LTTE up for a favorable outcome. The Central Governing Committee, headed by Prabhakaran, oversaw both the political and military dimension while empowering subordinates to achieve intelligence, political, and military success. It was hierarchical in the sense that Prabhakaran was the chief, but pyramidal in the sense that there were leaders of sub-groups and multiple centers of powers amongst those groups. The framework of the organization was both hierarchical and pyramidal, made up of a two-tier structure that included military and political elements. The organization desired to establish a separate state, called Tamil Eelam. To make separation a reality, Velupillai Prabhakaran formed the LTTE in 1976. As a result, tensions between the two ethnicities rose, and the Tamil sought separation. However, a slowly growing unequal distribution of power left the Tamils politically and socially isolated. The two ethnic populations lived in relative peace for almost a quarter century following their separation from Britain.
Following the Sri Lankan liberation from Britain in 1945, two predominant ethnicities emerged, the Sinhalese and the Tamil, who made up approximately 74% and 18% of the population, respectively.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are an ethnic secessionist terrorist organization stemming from Sri Lanka.
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