AQIM stepped up propaganda efforts, airing its monthly bulletin and highlighting its blog and Twitter account. Algerian AQIM leader Sheikh Abu Abdulillah Ahmed al-Jijeli stressed that the group would follow the directive of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri to cooperate with governments in Arab Spring countries and help them implement sharia law, and would consider Tunisia a land of preaching. AQIM also said it continues to support radical groups such as Ansar al Sharia.
