Along with the peace-keeping force will be military observers, staff officers and civilian police and among its main duties will be assisting preparations for next year's elections.
"It's the quickest and cheapest way we can get serving police officers into more operational duties and on to the streets of the West Midlands, " he said.
America's priority at the moment is to recruit Iraqi police and militia for humdrum security duties, thus freeing its own troops to concentrate on the rumbling, sometimes lethal, combat operations.