Well the way I read it was that the Mandarin is a background character. So if that's true I'm holding to my original opinion that they'll save him for an Avengers flick.
AIM is just an organization or a movement so I can see linking them to a lot of stuff through out the earth based films like IM, CA, Hulk or SHIELD
And the story was reportedly 'extremis' but obviously a loose adaptation considering the characters involved






@DarthBob. I just saw the pics of AIM too. They're also linked to the Cosmic Cube. Interesting. Wonder what story they're going to pull with all these villains. Mandarin, AIM, that...other guy who's the main villain...