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undef $/;    # This sets your input record separator
             # (i.e. $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR if you 'use English')
...
    s{\n}{ }g;   # Remove line breaks
    # You could also do your matching and marking up in this loop
}

@records = (
'ABU BAKR, Ibrahim Ali Muhammad (a.k.a. AL-LIBI, Abd al-Muhsin) (indiv
+idual) [SDGT]',
'AFGHAN SUPPORT COMMITTEE (ASC) (a.k.a. AHYA UL TURAS; a.k.a.
...
     Pabbi, Peshawar, Pakistan; Cheprahar Hadda, Mia Omar Sabaqah Scho
+ol, Jalalabad,
     Afghanistan [SDGT]'
);