Anti-U.S. protests waning in Muslim world Hundreds of Egyptian security forces, some of them in plainclothes, pushed protestors out of Tahrir Square and made arrests Saturday morning, witnesses said. By midafternoon Saturday, dozens of armored security vehicles guarded the streets around Tahrir Square, and roads were covered in deep puddles created by water cannons. An encampment of protesters close to the U.S. Embassy was allowed to remain, although they had to hunker down under a choking cloud of teargas that lingered hours after the square had been otherwise cleared of protesters. In Washington on Friday, President Obama made formal a previously announced decision to dispatch U.S. Marine quick-response teams to Libya and Yemen. In a letter to Congress, Obama said that the security forces from the U.S. Africa Command "are equipped for combat," although their purpose would solely be to protect U.S. citizens and property. Officials had planned to send a third team to Sudan, but that country rejected the entry request Saturday, according to a Reuters report. "Sudan is able to protect the diplomatic missions in Khartoum, and the state is committed to protecting its guests in the diplomatic corps," Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti told the state news agency, SUNA. In Yemen, the parliament called Saturday for the removal of the U.S. Marine team. The Parliament does not accept any foreign presence on the Republic of Yemen soil, small or big and under any excuse. It demands the departure of these forces, particularly the Marine unit which has reportedly arrived recently," said a statement issued by the parliamentarians, according to the state Saba news agency. The parliament previously demanded an apology from the U.S. government for the controversial film but also condemned the attack on the embassy. Hundreds of people also joined a funeral march in Sanaa on Saturday for a protester killed during the attack on the U.S. Embassy. According to a Reuters report, the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda urged Muslims on Saturday to step up protests and kill U.S. diplomats in Muslim countries over the film, which Muslims say denigrates the prophet Muhammad, and which al Qaeda called another chapter in the "crusader wars" against Islam.