UPI reported on terrorist attack 2 days before it happened

I try to watch my language, but sometimes you just cannot help saying, "What the hell?"

UPI reports attack on al-Doura power plant that never happened

There’s a minor problem with this story. According to a source we have on the scene who works at that plant, a person we have heard from before and have every reason to trust, the attack never happened. The plant is still in full operation. No fire truck was set ablaze. There was small arms fire in the area that night, but other than that, nothing. Nada.

And here's where we get to the "what the hell?" part:

Interestingly, two days after the UPI report hit the wires, there was an attack on the plant.

This is no bizarre coincidence. So now the question becomes: did the UPI inspire the terrorists or did the terrorists inspire the UPI (and there was a miscommunication regarding the date)?

UPDATE: It now seems that the UPI stretched the truth just a tad:

The UPI’s story is just vague enough on the definition of “power plant” that they may claim that the attack happened as they describe. But a plain reading of the story — it’s how both our source and I read it, and it’s how the language reads — is that the main power plant was the target, not a small substation. And the main power plant wasn’t attacked at all. At best, the UPI story exaggerates both the target and the extent of the attack’s effectiveness.

Exaggerating is still false reporting. Of course, without the exaggeration, the story just wouldn't have been as sensational and wouldn't invoke the "quagmire" theme for Iraq that the left-stream media wants us to believe.